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December 11, 2013
Enthusiasm
What if you knew you had nothing to fear? What if the strength of Spirit really was in you? Would the barriers to being yourself, expressing and sharing your talents fall away? Would you be more alive, fulfilled and joyous? And how would your enthusiasm, your ‘en theos’, being in God, effect others?
December 10, 2013
Peace is Your Right
Do you know that peace is your right? That healing is of the mind, not the body; the soul, not the ego. Reach down into your heart and soul and mind to the deep, real peace that is always there, waiting. Know that place within you where nothing is impossible and the strength of God abides and you need do nothing to ‘earn’ it because it is your right.
December 9, 2013
From Desperation to Inspiration
When was the last time you were on fire, burned with passion and desire? To shift from desperation to inspiration watch what you’re telling yourself. Choose a different guide; shift from yourself to yourSelf.
December 6, 2013
The Reward, Part Three
“As you watch your thoughts, your mind is open, not stuck in the limited perspective enforced by your brain. The great Mystery lies in smiling repose before you and you are no longer frightened by the unknown because you know you are part of it.”
December 3, 2013
The Reward, Part One
“And what do you get for the discomfort of pausing momentarily and watching your thoughts?” Devorah smiled. “Everything! Freedom of choice, mastery, less stress, less fear, blame and hate, less being a victim, more peace, ease, grace and joy.
December 2, 2013
Coaching with Devorah and Dr. Steve
Need some coaching? Someone to listen to you and encourage you? Devorah has suggested that we invite you for up to three, thirty minute sessions of free coaching. To learn more, reply to this post.
November 22, 2013
History is not Destiny
“Your history is not your destiny,” Devorah said to the multitude. “Until your life is completely over, you lack the information to truly understand how everything in your life fits together. To live more fully, think of yourself as an explorer visiting unknown territory, within and without. Travel lightly, without baggage, allowing your present and future to be totally unlike your past. Be willing to say that wherever I find myself, is home. Resist longing for the safety of the past. You are exactly where you need to be to live the life that is best for you. Life is an opportunity, not a punishment.”
November 21, 2013
Flowers and Bees
“So,” Devorah repeated, “don’t rush it or judge yourself and allow each thought to be an opportunity. This is a difficult process with much uncertainty while we identify with the ego. ‘Allowing’ means letting the ego and its way of thinking go, so spirit’s way can emerge. Doing this feels wrong, risky and dangerous. But we have to go through it and know that the ego speaks first and is always wrong. Besides,” Devorah said, grimacing, “uncertainty won’t kill you. It’s uncomfortable, but a necessary part of the process of shifting from ego to spirit.
“For example, I no longer know which thoughts I have and which thoughts have me. The thoughts that have me are the ones I want to question; the obvious self evident ones. The thoughts that shake me up, that make me re-think are the thoughts I want to encourage.
“Consider the flower,” Devorah smiled. “It pours out its fragrance to attract a bee to pollinate it and spread its seed. The flower has no wings but the bee does. The bee has no nectar but the flower does. There would be no flowers without bees and no bees without the nectar of flowers. Can you truly say the nectar belongs to the flower, or that the wings belong to the bee? Were they not made for each other? If it were not for the appearance of separate bodies, wouldn’t you see them as one?”
November 20, 2013
Your Responsibility
“Your responsibility is to claim your power and yourSelf,” Devorah said. “To realize you are not a victim and understand this experience of the world as a bad dream, the ego’s nightmare, to give each experience, ‘good’ or ‘bad’, over to spirit; to allow ourselves to experience the dream differently with ourSelves, with spirit, as a happy dream.
“For the world and our experiences are as all things are in dreams, illusory, impermanent and neutral, and who we choose to identify with determines whether we have a nightmare or a happy dream.
“But the goal of our spiritual practice is not to have a dream at all, happy or sad, but to return to our minds, forgive our own and everyone else’s illusory trespasses, and accept our oneness with spirit. This is a process, a one thought at a time, step by step process. So don’t rush it or judge yourself and allow each thought to be an opportunity.”
November 19, 2013
The Witness
“The first step is to forgive myself for the mistaken thought; to not take what I see and experience here as immutable; to understand that these experiences are of the ego and their purpose to keep me out of my mind; and then give the thought over to mySelf so that I may see it with mySelf, be guided and know what to do. Realize that the world is a witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition. Your state of mind, a choice you have made. You are not a helpless victim of forces beyond your control. You are not alone. You are response-able, you have power, you can choose again and see and experience the world differently, with yourSelf instead of yourself.”
