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I talked about having a contract from the “other side” before we get to this plane of existence.
What kind of contracts would we write up? I believe it is things that would further us along our path. Maybe we need to learn acceptance so we agree to a contract with others who will be that child or elderly parent who we will need to accept into our lives. Or we may make it more personal and come into this world with a deformity that will make us hard to accept to others.
Maybe we need to experience patience or abundance. Just like a painter has to put light against dark and dark against light for the colors to show, we have to experience the hate to experience the love, experience the need to appreciate the abundance. There is a reason we have the negative, it is so we can see the positive.
Just be assured that you will experience what you need to experience and be where you need to be as that is in your contract. Hopefully you have written in a good ending.
Some people think that God does not talk to us mere mortals. That He only talked to the prophets of old.
I don’t believe that.
He talks to us all the time.
Some people are in such alignment with God that they don’t know that God is talking to them. They take it as their own thoughts. In other words they own the thoughts.
Others are on such a different wavelength that they have to be hit in the head before they finally ‘sit up and take notice’. That is when they realize their thoughts are coming from somewhere else. I think this is what happened with Neale Donald Walsch in his Conversations With God books.
Others start to seek Him out, usually after they realize they are hearing such thoughts and they realize they are not from themselves. I am not getting all psycho on you. This is meditation. These conversations leave you at peace with yourself and the world. If you are more upset afterwards, these thoughts are not of God. God leaves you will peace, joy, love, harmony, the fruits of the spirit. He also leaves the judgment up to us, He does not judge.
Just realize that God is talking to us all the time, no matter where we are. It is our choice whether to hear Him or not.
Every one probably has a different idea of what meditation is and how to do it. Some people say to concentrate on your breathing. I never had much luck with that. When I concentrate on my breathing nothing else comes to me but breathing.
I see meditating as a way to relax and access my inner guidance. To do that I have a routine which starts with sitting comfortably. I will lead you through this routine.
Do not lie down as you may fall asleep. If you are too jittery, use EFT to help you relax. Then with eyes closed, envision yourself walking slowly down a spiral staircase. With each step breathe out and with each breath release some tension and relax a little bit more. (So I do use breathing in my meditation!). When you get to the bottom of the stairs, you will find yourself in a large room. Walk around your room a little and see what is there.
On one wall will be a door. Go to the door. This will be the door into your private sanctuary. Make this place a welcoming, safe, beautiful place that you want to go to. Open the door and go in. Enjoy this area. It is your creation. This is where you can meet with someone or something that will answer your questions about life, the universe and everything. I have a wise old man I talk with. Ask questions and wait for answers.
Some people say you are accessing your spiritual guides, a saint, God, Jesus, or just your inner intuition. No matter who it is, it is relaxing and often very helpful. Thank them for being there for you and when you open your eyes you will feel more relaxed and blissful.
Returning Energy
Posted by: Ann
November 8th, 2009 >> Life, Physical/Material, Spirituality, Vibration
In February I was at a meeting in a large room with about 100 people in attendance. During break, I was walking down the aisle when a woman with long, grey streaked hair came hurrying to me. She said she had felt her energy go out of her and attach to me as I walked by and she thought I needed this. She then put something in my hand. It was a crystal of some sort. I thanked her and told her I would return her energy later.
On the drive home, I remembered my promise and sent her energy back. I felt a lot of energy go out of me. How did I miss that! I was surprised that I had not felt it come in.
The next day I asked a friend who knew about crystals what the stone was and she told me it was a citrine. I looked up the crystal and found it is also called the Merchant Stone as it protects against money worries and helps to ensure the accumulation of wealth. At the time I was in the middle of money worries, not knowing how we would pay the next months bills so this seemed appropriate. It is now November and we are doing better money wise than we were in February.
It was a magical moment when that woman sought me out.
Everything is about spiritual expansion. We resist; fight and that causes dis-ease. We are not at ease when we are at war with ourselves.
Everything; paying bills, feeding the dog, ignoring the beggar is about spiritual growth.
We resist the lesson. We resist the spiritual growth.
We think we really want stagnation. We act like we want everything to remain constant and comfortable.
What we need is to take opportunities and the chances as they come to us.
Which Makes the Other – Spirit or Body
Posted by: Ann
October 31st, 2009 >> Physical/Material, Spirituality
Our spirit contains our body – the physical, not the other-way-around. Therefore our body or physical needs are important, as important as the spirit.
The physical will not exist forever; whereas the spirit will. But the physical is important because we made it; created it, from our spirit and for that reason we should honor it and nurture it.
The physical is important because it is a physical representation of the spirit. Both the body (and its physical material world) and the spirit must be integrated and not separated.
Our spirit not just contains our body but creates it and our surroundings or physical existence. They are all integrated and important. You cannot ignore the one without hurting the other.
I have been trying to separate the two, making a surgical cut between the two (like in the Golden Compass). NO – Don’t do that!! Embrace both together. They make a whole.
I place the future in the Hands of God. This releases me; a weight lifts off of me. We are here to experience not to worry about the future. To trust God to handle my future allows me to pursue things now that I would have been scared to try before.
What if I failed? My previous thought would have been “Oh No, I have wasted all this time, effort and money and now I don’t have any of it and I am further away from my goals.” But when you place the future in Gods hands, when you fail you think “Oh well, I’ll try something else” There is no pressure. God knows what I need and will provide.
Remember a job is not your source, God is your source.
Abundance Thinking
Posted by: Ann
October 26th, 2009 >> God, Manifesting, Physical/Material, Sacrifice, Spirituality
I have been struggling for a number of years with the idea of abundance. This has been a hard lesson to learn and I still have not learned it. Most of my life I have been in conflict with abundance and spirituality. I thought to be spiritual you had to give away all you had and live under a bridge. In striving for spirituality, I could not come to terms with loosing everything.
The thought that God is abundance and all things are His to shower on us as He wills somehow did not include me. In my religious upbringing, it was enforced to me that I was nothing, a worm, worthless and God was everything. If I was a worm to be eaten and sacrificed to a bird then I was just here to be used and God did not really care about my physical life and comfort. But this just did not make sense. Deep down I believed in God’s abundance and His concern for us but my mind would not let me accept that.
I guess I got this idea of sacrifice from Matthew 19:17-24. This is where the rich young man asked what he must do to have eternal life and Jesus replied to keep the commandments but the young man said he had done that and what else should he do. Jesus told him to sell all he had and give the money to the poor and follow him.
This conflict came to a head about 3 years ago when I had a Body Talk session and this issue came up to be dealt with. It was very interesting. I went into the session feeling that God wanted me to give everything away and live under a bridge and came out thinking and feeling I did not have to do that to be spiritual. Referring back to the Matthew passage, Jesus told the young man that if he wanted to be perfect he should sell all he had and give the money to the poor and follow him. That was if he wanted to be “perfect”. I am not perfect and don’t pretend to be. I am not at that point where I can get rid of everything and live only in God’s abundance.
God doesn’t want you to be a burden on others or society. The well known spiritual people that have given up everything to live with those they wanted to help, did so because that was how they could best help others. Some can best serve others by having resources and abundance to share.
Help From My Guides or In Search of Underwear
Posted by: Ann
September 7th, 2009 >> Guides, Life, Manifesting, Spirituality
Several years ago, my husband had a “job from hell” in Houston for several weeks (that is how we refer to that job to this day, but that is another story). I drove to Houston with our 8 year-old son, so we could spend some time with him. Our son who was chunky at the time had out-grown his underwear and I had thrown them out instead of packing them. I told myself we could buy more on the way to Houston. Well I made a wrong turn and ended up going 50 miles in the wrong direction before I realized my mistake. This scenic detour really put me behind schedule. I really hate rush hour in Houston.
As I approached Houston, I started looking for a place to buy underwear. I soon realized I would be past the exit ramp before I would see a store. I did not want to drive on the feeder for miles and miles with all it stoplights, I was late enough as it was. This called for some guidance from some one who could see farther down the road than I could.
I said to my guides “please help me find a store with underwear that will fit Jesse. And you are going to have to tell me when to get off the freeway.” As we approached each exit ramp I asked, “do I get off here?” I finally felt a yes and I exited. As I sat at the stoplight, I looked around for a Target or a Wal-mart. But all that I saw was a strip center with a Men’s clothing store having a grand opening sale. I ignored the store and pulled back on the freeway I asked my guides “what was that all about? That was a men’s store” I heard back, “you asked for some thing to fit Jesse”. I then realized that maybe a mans small might have fit him, or maybe the store carried boy sizes. But it was too late I was back on the freeway.
I decided I needed to clarify what I wanted. Trying once again I said, “OK let me be a little clearer. I want a Target or a Wal-mart that will have boy size underwear”. I kept driving, again asking at each off ramp “here?” I then started testing what I was hearing. When I thought I heard a “get off”, I would stay on and start looking for a store and sure enough I would see one just over the next overpass.
I know I must have been frustrating my guides. Finally at one point before an exit ramp I heard a chorus of “GET OFF NOW”. “OK” I thought, “I’ll get off”. As I pulled up to the traffic light on the feeder, I started looking around. No Target, no Wal-mart. But I glanced up toward the freeway and saw cars coming to a screeching halt just on the other side of the overpass, out of view of the traffic on the freeway approaching the overpass. I said a quick thank you to my guides for getting me off before hitting that mess. I asked If I should get back on and I heard a “not yet” which I obeyed.
About 3 blocks down I found a Target where I did stop and found the underwear my son needed. I continued on to downtown.
When I was 5, I was introduced to the idea of faith and the power of prayer. My mother, a devote Christian, saw it as a parenting duty to teach her children the ideas and tenets of her faith. I loved to be with my mother and that day I was in her room playing and talking while she folded the laundry. I was asking her about God and prayer I don’t know if it was because I really was interested or if I just wanted her to respond to me in a way that affirmed that I was important to her. I ended up with more than her affirmation, I received God’s.
In answer to my question my mother responded “I have a story for you. In the Bible Jesus says that if you have just a little bit of faith, you can move a mountain.” I did not know then that she was referring to Matthew 17:20. But she continue “There was a woman who read that in the Bible and then prayed for a mountain that she could see to be move. Well nothing happened. She looked up from her prayer and saw the mountain still sitting there and she said ‘I knew that would not work.’”. I left my mother’s room then and headed to the family room, mulling over what I had just heard. If you had just a little faith and believed that it would happen, it would. All sorts of possibilities opened up to me. I looked out the big sliding glass doors into our suburbia backyard. Mountains were still on my mind. “How fun it would be to have a mountain in the backyard.” I thought. But being the sensitive child that I was I carried my idea out and realized “No, that wouldn’t be good. Our neighbors house might be hurt.” So I modified my request. “What about a hill instead? No, that might hurt our two large Oak trees in the backyard. OK what about a small hill, one that would not hurt anything but be big enough for us kids to run up and down and play on.” That was it! I prayed for my small hill then ran off to play not thinking much about it.
Ten years passed and while looking out the back door at the age of 15 I realized that prayer had been answered. Many years before, when I was six my father had bought a load of sand and had it delivered in the backyard. Time passed and he never got around to spreading the sand. Grass grew on it and us kids had played, running up and down it’s sides. God does listen, even to a 5 year olds wishfull prayer.
… “I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain,’Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.” Matthew 17:20