tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37987237096790180232024-02-20T13:30:10.828-08:00Yes You CanYes You Can is a motivational, educational, inspirational blog supplying tools for effective living.Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-44582832123784813352019-08-23T11:31:00.001-07:002019-08-23T11:31:37.345-07:00The Stories we Tell Ourselves and How they Control usOne of the things that adds tremendous stress to one’s life is the stories he tells himself and the impact they have on the quality of life. I knew a woman who was in her 70s and within an hour of meeting anyone she had informed them that her mother died when she was ten years old. Now it was true that her mother did die when she was young, but what purpose does it serve to educate random people as to that fact? What need is she fulfilling?
Marilyn used this story to rationalize various developmental issues she had not dealt with. She did not feel she had a role model for femininity. (Television, movies, friends?). She believed she did not know how to be in an intimate relationship. She felt awkward about relationships in general. Thus the story, why am I not in a relationship – my mother died when I was ten. Why have I done this or not done that? My mother died when I was ten. And so it goes.
Most people have stories they tell themselves. I have hard lots of them. I need to keep the job I have that I hate because I can’t make this much money anywhere else. (Result: misery and stress) My parents taught me to be humble, never toot my own horn or say what I can bring to the table. (Hence: no career advancement.) I must stay in this abusive relationship because who else would want me. (Result: low self-esteem and misery.)
These stories either increase or deflate energy. Your story expands or depletes your self-opinion and confidence. Stories can keep you hooked into anxiety provoking positions. Example: I always get nervous around people; I am awkward, shy, introverted, backward, not good enough, not that smart, etc. I am Italian, Jewish, Albanian, European, a daughter of the American Revolution – you name it. People use these labels to identify themselves and the labels conversely create limitation and with limitation comes stress. Each label carries a meaning, or it wouldn’t be used at all. We provide the story to define who we are and then we are trapped by it.
When the woman who lost her mother at ten tells her story, she is explaining why she hasn’t grown beyond the challenges of her early life. She has convinced herself that she cannot move beyond the stilted image she has created of herself. And, yet, in her life she became strong as she learned to navigate life without the nurturing influence of a mother. She really doesn’t need to keep telling the story.
When we tell “our” story, it is important to note if it has become a prison, a safe haven, an excuse, or a jumping off place. Just because you were born an orphan and spent years in foster home and orphanages (like Wayne Dyer) does not mean you are any less equipped to manage life than someone who grew up in a “Father knows Best” family, or the Waltons.
Living within various cultural, ethnic, locational, stories can squeeze us to follow traditions and cultural patterns that are not right or a bad fit for who we want to be. If we confine ourselves within the story, we may not have room (space) to explore new, creative possibilities.
Consider the stories of your life. How do you feel about them? Do they serve you? Is it time to let go or look at them from another point of view? Possibly resolve them – rewrite a story or create a new one.
Are there challenges and difficulties you have blamed on external conditions or other people when what you are dealing with is just a story that needs revision. Have there been opportunities you lost because you were attached to a story that precluded taking advantage of them.
Observe your stories. You speak them all the time, to others and to yourself. It could be a “poor me” narrative that has been there a long time and has repeatedly gotten in the way of living a joy-filled life. Oh, wouldn’t you just know that I would get a traffic ticket, house fire, released from a job, lose a friend etc. (Name the pain.) This victim narrative keeps you small, miserable and anxiously waiting for the next shoe to drop.
When you catch yourself in “story-mode,” step back and ask yourself if this yarn you’ve been telling yourself is making your life better or worse? Is it increasing or diminishing your happiness? Is it blaming someone else for your circumstances? If the answer is yes, the story is generating angst, self-doubt, and stress, and it needs to go.
You are the one that can change it, revise it, eliminate it, and move on. As you master each story, you will find it easier to live without drama and judgment. You will be able to look for potential in each circumstance and be willing to address it as a matter of growth. With each step, you become calm and peace grows.
Jean Walters is the author of: Be Outrageous: Do the impossible - Others have and You Can too! - Set Yourself Free: Live the Life YOU were Meant to Live! Speaker, Akashic Record Reader, Life Coach - you can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-57398832882144617722019-08-23T11:27:00.001-07:002019-08-23T11:27:29.772-07:00Be Bigger than the ProblemThe human egoic mind loves to focus on what is wrong – the problem. And when it is given license to do that, the result is unhappiness. Centering on what doesn’t work or what isn’t magically fixed according to your personal timetable brings on frustration and anger. It is the trick of the ego to run our lives – to be in control of the mind, mood, and outlook. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The truth is that who we are as energy, Spirit, and possibility is way bigger than the small ego centric, fear-based mind.
A New York resident hosted visitors from a small town to his city. It was the first time they had been to a big city and they were overwhelmed and thought the place awful, dirty, and chaotic. Thus, Tom, the resident, decided to take his friends to the top of the Empire State building. He did this in the evening when the stars were bright, and the city lights were gleaming. In their view from the top of the building they could gaze out over the vast landscape and the sparkling city lights and observe the movement and flow of people. From this vantage point, they could see the beauty and life flow of the big city. “It is like a dance!” they exclaimed. “it is beautiful!.”
Hence we discover that the point of view you take makes the difference in how you judge a situation. As you move above specific circumstances and observe from a higher dimension, possibilities open. The ego loves to keep the mind clamped down in judgment and it will always find “the problem.” Yet, at any time, we can walk away from the doldrums and drama of earthly life. We can let go of anxiety and annoyance and shift our perspective and as we view our circumstance from a different angle or dimension, we experience new choices and freedom.
Jesus repeatedly went to the mountain to pray and meditate. We must do the same. We go to a higher perspective to release into our Greater Mind those things that seem bigger than we are and discover they are not. From this higher awareness, as we revel in the lightness and freedom of Spirit, material concerns disappear. We once again recognize that I AM greater than this moment and situation. The secret or the art to maintaining this higher focus is to remember to be in the world but not of the world. And, as we do that, we can experience our earthly journey without getting hooked into drama, impatience and fear. We can experience joy!
The mind moves faster than the body and faster than the world. We see the correction and completion of the problem and yet it is not corrected or completed as fast as we want it to be. We are in a process. We must be willing to see it complete and yet go through the process, step by step. Slow down; enjoy the steps. With each step our mental vision syncs closer to material reality.
Everything in good time. Find the rhythm and flow with it.
Wholeness is achieved by going to the mountain (high place). In a way we must live there. We can view the earth as a movie or play from this high place, but we never leave the mountain. The mountain is our home.
Jean Walters is a best selling Amazon author, Transformational Coach, Akashic Record Reader, and Speaker. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-47683242218648544232019-07-16T17:40:00.001-07:002019-07-16T17:40:21.722-07:00Be Careful Who You Listen to
Switch off Negative Mental Chatter; Switch on Self Affirmation
Don’t randomly accept other people’s beliefs and opinions. People project their beliefs onto others. It is called transference. If someone thinks you are not making the best use of your talents, then more than likely, he is not making best use of his. If someone believes that nothing works out for them, then it doesn’t (for them). That does not mean anything about you.
If someone lives with a lot of “should messages,” it doesn’t mean that you have to. “You should play it safe,” “You should do as you are told; never make waves or take risks.” There is no flow, excitement or growth in shoulding yourself. In other words, figure out what works best for you and live by those principles.
You pay a heavy price for hanging out with Debbie Downers. It conditions you to expect the worst in every situation and makes you slightly crazy. If you get caught with a downer, take a break, go to a quiet place and let yourself download the insanity and judgments until you can get back to your center. Remember all the insanity of negativity amounts to a child throwing a temper tantrum. I’m mad; I didn’t get my way. Let it go.
Along these lines, never let anyone put you down (and that includes yourself). If someone is coming from a negative view it may not be enough to recognize that he is talking about himself. You may need to let go completely. It depletes your energy to deal with Negative Nellies and people who only want to see the worst in others. By letting go, you create room for those who choose to see the positive to enter your life. It can’t happen until you let go. Ah, a breath of fresh air!
Recognizing these patterns helps you. It is like the Buddhist Monk who was told he was to deal with a negative situation. He said, “Good, I get to practice.” Yes, life is all about practice. In this case the practice is to decide what works for you. Letting others tell you what is true negates your responsibility to draw your own conclusions and will definitely lead to struggle.
I had a client who bent over backwards trying to get her mother-in-law, Dottie, to like her. She cooked the foods her mother-in-law liked, and read the books she endorsed, and even changed her style of clothes to please her.
Then, one day I asked Mary, what would happen if Dottie never approves of you? Exactly how would it impact your life? Mary pondered this question and finally decided the answer was nothing. From then on Mary decided to do the things that she enjoyed - eat what she liked, wear the style that suited her, etcetera. AND, nothing did happen. If anything, Dottie was kind of impressed and she knew that she could no longer push Mary around. That amounted to growth for both of them.
Action: Do your own homework. Whether it's politics, news stories, or the best way to bake a cake, ask yourself what you believe about it before asking anyone else what they think. What makes sense to you? What do you think is the best way to balance the budget? Practice having an educated opinion and stating it without worrying what anyone else thinks. Own your beliefs and thought processes.
Everyone has a right to a point of view. Even if you are wrong - so what! There is no need to debate, defend, or make excuses. As you understand your own position, you will grow stronger in your ability to state it and then let go. If someone disagrees, so be it.
Along with weeding out negative people, consider releasing negative groups and thought systems. Don’t listen to the news 24/7. Don’t watch horror films and doomsday television. They carry negative energy and have a detrimental effect.
A person who smokes cigarettes cannot logically think that his lungs are going to be healthy and a person who drinks heavily cannot believe that his liver is not burdened. The same is true with what you take in mentally and emotionally. Inundating yourself with violence, harshness, drama, and negativity does not bode well for your mind and soul.
Do be selective as to what and whom you listen to. Everyone exudes energy. Make sure you are around people who project positive, high energy. In essence, find people who are happy and have purpose and hang with them.
The fact is that you are powerful and have the ability to change your life at any moment and in any way. You are powerful and each choice you make shapes your future.
Jean Walters is an Amazon.com best selling author. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439 Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-60282458419113832992019-07-16T17:36:00.001-07:002019-07-16T17:36:15.196-07:00How to Cruze through Social Events when you don't know anyone!There is an art to feeling confident at social events and it involves giving rather than getting.
Oh, my gosh, you are going to a party and you don’t know anyone! This is either a disaster ready to happen or a great opportunity. It is all in how you approach it. Do you want to tune-up your social skills and potentially make friends? Well let’s do this!
Introducing yourself without feeling awkward is an exercise and it is all about attitude. First, see this event as an opportunity to meet new people, possibly make friends, and get stronger at presenting yourself.
Second, get clear on your intention. Is this about them liking you or you liking them and, in the process, strengthening your social and communication skills? What’s it going to be? Having a clear intention sets the tone and ultimately determines your success.
Third, create a game plan. How do you intend to go about this?
Fourth, do it!
Here is a story to clarify: Years ago, when I was entering the singles world, I loved to go singles dances. In the beginning I did not know anyone, so I set an intention of speaking to at least five new people at each event. “Hi, I’m Jean. Are you new here? How long have you been dancing? Etcetera.” My effort was focused on making that person feel special. That required curiosity, interest, a smile, and active listening.
Nothing elaborate, right? What I discovered was that it was easy to engage with people when you focused on their need, and most people were grateful and relieved that someone spoke to them. In fact, they were way more tied in knots than I was. (That is probably true of you too.)
It was a simple enough exercise to reach out my hand and introduce myself and I made a lot of friends. To frame it so that I would be at ease, I thought of it as giving friendship. The key word here is giving.
The reason this was important is that many people want to GET attention and friendship without first giving it and that puts them at a decided disadvantage. Why? Because people tend to avoid a needy person.
Hence, in social situations someone has to be the giver and that was me. In truth, the giver has an incredible advantage because there is no neediness in giving. Plus, a person that cares about people and offers unconditional friendship is readily sought after.
Therefore, after making my initial introduction I took an interest in the other person. I GAVE them interest. Do you know that everyone likes to feel important and speak about himself? Yes! So, help him out. Show interest.
The beautiful truth about letting someone else “shine” is that the attention is not on you.
Choosing to make the social experience an exercise to share love, support and friendship shifts the attention goes to the other person. It is a gift because it gives them a chance to feel loved, cared for and wanted.
When you consider meeting people as a “giving” action, it is fun. That doesn’t mean that everyone will respond to you, but the vast majority will, and they’ll love it, and the few who don’t have issues you don’t need to mess with. Try it; you’ll like it!
Jean Walters is a Personal Growth Consultant, Akashic Record Reader, Best Selling Author and Speaker. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com
How Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-40017729677174843652019-05-16T12:39:00.002-07:002019-05-16T12:39:39.748-07:00God is Not a Personality
Even though many people have been taught that God is a man sitting on a throne tossing about orders (punishments and rewards) and you must stay on his good side, and, of course, there are various rules for doing that, it is NOT TRUE. God is not a personality. God is not a form. It is the energy of love, kindness, compassion that has the unlimited capacity to mold into anything you obsess over, dream about or ask for.
You are never separate from this loving, guiding essence in that you are always in and of the Quantum Field of energy. It is that in which you live, breath, and have your being. In other words, you cannot sever your tie to God. You can ignore it or pretend it doesn’t exist, you can create mental constructs that disavow the existence of God, but you cannot separate from It.
Your power is in how you choose to interact with It. In other words, what you think and desire, and how you feel and react are what mold your on-going reality. God has no limitation or judgment on what you choose to create. You have been given free will to envision chaos and drama or peace, friendship, and joy. You were blessed with this gift of free will at the moment of creation. Thus, the question, where do you choose to place your attention? This is a crucial decision because what you focus on, you increase/create. Period!
Most people focus on the past and it is no shock that today is a replication of yesterday and last month. Why? because you have chosen to obsess about the past. It is your focus. Also, there is a tendency to give other people power over your life. Someone doesn’t like you or disapproves and that becomes the point of focus. It can literally ruin your day! It is called “other” orientation and can be consuming.
The truth is that you can be fine and even excellent if someone doesn’t like you. All great leaders have been disliked because great leaders stir the pot and provoke change. Many people are afraid of change and will fight to sidestep it. Thus they create chaos and drama because they begrudge change. Yet change is the order of the day and it cannot be circumvented anymore than you can avoid day progressing to night or night evolving into day
Do you obsess over what happened yesterday, who said and did what? Do you run the previous marriage (relationship) or ex-spouse through your mind on a regular basis – reviving the past? If so, you are still married to that person and you cannot move on. Do you ruminate over the boss’s mood or judgment from a week ago and, in the process, disavow the present moment? Do you rebel against your situation without putting forth new, positive energy and focus?
You are in control of your destiny. The only person you trouble is yourself. Is it time to release resistance or be right? If you choose battle, someone will show up to battle with you. And when you are ready (your timing) you can move on to the next phase of an expanded life... greater joy, new friends, new work, more opportunity– whatever.
Is it time to take the next step? To do that requires letting go of the old ways and listening for new possibilities. It starts with you BEING a new possibility. Go to your heart and let your inner Light begins to expand. This is an internal process. The external will follow. You will be guided. The ego loves battle; the Self loves peace. Be peace.
Jean Walters is a Transformational Coach and Akashic Record Reader. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439. http://www.spiritualtransformation.com Her books can be purchased on Amazon.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-60781173287444858442019-04-25T14:48:00.001-07:002019-04-25T14:48:34.278-07:00Conditioning for WealthDid you know that to be rich you must “become one with wealth.” That means you cannot see yourself as lacking and experience wealth at the same time. You must condition your thinking and feeling to be so comfortable with the idea of having money (as well as all wealth) in your pocket, bank accounts, and investments that the thought of poverty or lack is foreign, outrageous, and incomprehensible.
The poor person who thinks of wealth fantasizes. It is a fantasy because to him the thought of abundance is outlandish, absurd. Often, we will affirm that he doesn't have money or can't pay the bills. Therefore when he, through a turn of events, acquires money, something happens to push it away. This something could be an unexpected event – car repair, illness, storm damage, refrigerator breaks, etc. In other words, an unforeseen happening that makes the money go away... disappear. The poor person holds such strong mental image of poverty that he, in effect, rejects money.
Whereas, an individual who identifies with money (and all good things) and knows he will always have plenty, carries himself in a totally different manner. When this person acquires wealth, he is comfortable – things are as they should be. He is one with wealth. Having money is a natural state for him. There are no repelling, anxious thoughts influencing his consciousness and causing rejection of wealth.
The wealthy person’s mind is conditioned to accept and attract creative ideas and solutions. “Of course, I have money. I should have money. It is right to be wealth (have friends, vacations, parties, time to relax, a lovely home and vehicle. This is right according to the laws of the Universe. The Universe is abundant and so am I. “ (There are millions of leaves on every tree and they are grown without any undue effort on the part of the tree. There are unlimited varieties of flowers, people, cultures, foods, places to visit, books to read, creative ideas to play with, inventions to launch, things to learn and discover available at any given moment. Whatever you need or want, it is available and possible.
If you want to have an abundance of all good things, become one with the idea of wealth. LOVE the abundance you already have – friends, freedom, comfort, kindness, work to do, choices to make. Feel a sense of expansion and wealth. Revel in it, think it, accept it, and become it. As you do this, ideas will flow to you and from ideas come wealth. This is how you develop receptivity and conditioning for wealth. Make this a practice every day. Start with gratitude and become wealth.
Jean Walters can be reached at jean@spiritualtransformation.com - website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com - 314 991 8439
She is a Personal Growth Consultant and Coach, Speaker, and Author
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-5464218746815331552019-04-25T14:46:00.000-07:002019-04-25T14:46:00.072-07:00Physics, Forgiveness, and Living in VastnessEver since Albert Einstein discovered the Unified Field, Quantum Physics has made a great leap in understanding that the basis of all life is light. Of course, the reference to Light is as old as the Bible wherein Genesis states that God said, Let there be light and there was light. Thus the idea of light is not new and perhaps we are catching up to this concept that is as old as forever and possibly the key to life everlasting and living in joy.
The science of physics now indicates that if you were to take a high-powered microscope and look deep within matter (any matter – a chair, desk, human body), you would find one element – light. So what does this mean to you and me? We are made in the light of God. We are the light of God. Another name for light is love.
The great teacher, Jesus, said that if you want to know for sure that you are love, forgive your enemies. That might sound astounding but if you were to contemplate the concept you would discover that since love (or light) is the only infinite element, it is more sustainable, and enduring than fear, anger, animosity, resentment, hate or anger. Love endures, outlasts and outlives fear or “low energy.”
As you forgive your enemies, you are not forgiving actions. You are forgiving people. To go a bit farther, you are forgiving distraught, wounded, misguided people. In other words, anyone with unloving intentions is grounded is trauma, fear, and woundedness and has lost his sense of connection with love – the deep essence and core of every being, the underlying reality.
It is not that love has disappeared or dissolved for that is not possible. Love is the essential building ingredient of all life as expressed in Genesis. It is that folks have bought into a world of form and become distracted from their inner essence of love and because of that disorientation have limited their experience of life to a small body, a few friends, a 40 hour a week job, and mortgage payments. In other words, they are looking at circumstances rather than the beauty, vastness, and possibilities in which we live.
Yet, there is more and now may be the time to expand your vision. The sky goes on forever and the oceans are vast. The air we breathe is limitless and so are the varieties of people and possibilities of what we can do, be, experience and become.
Start each day with a moment of wonderment. Look at the world with the eyes of a child – amazed at the beauty and vastness all around you. Try to keep that sense of openness in every situation.
If you get stuck in a conflict (mental or physical) remember that you are made of light substance – the highest vibrational element there is. As you remind yourself of this truth you will begin to feel love and lightness flow in you. Go to your heart for a direct connection. Ask yourself, what does my heart say about this situation? As you relax, you will have your answer. Each day that you do this, you will get stronger in understanding and identifying your true essence.
Ever since Albert Einstein discovered the Unified Field, Quantum Physics has made a great leap in understanding that the basis of all life is light. Of course, the reference to Light is as old as the Bible wherein Genesis states that God said, Let there be light and there was light. Thus the idea of light is not new and perhaps we are catching up to this concept that is as old as forever and possibly the key to life everlasting and living in joy.
The science of physics now indicates that if you were to take a high-powered microscope and look deep within matter (any matter – a chair, desk, human body), you would find one element – light. So what does this mean to you and me? We are made in the light of God. We are the light of God. Another name for light is love.
Jesus said that if you want to know for sure that you are love, forgive your enemies. That might sound astounding but if you were to contemplate the concept you would discover that since love (or light) is the only infinite element, it is more sustainable, and enduring than fear, anger, animosity, resentment, hate or anger. Love endures, outlasts and outlives fear or “low energy.”
As you forgive your enemies, you are not forgiving actions. You are forgiving people. To go a bit farther, you are forgiving distraught, wounded, misguided people. In other words, anyone with unloving intentions is grounded is trauma, fear, and woundedness and has lost his sense of connection with love – the deep essence and core of every being, the underlying reality.
It is not that love has disappeared or dissolved for that is not possible. Love is the essential building ingredient of all life as expressed in Genesis. It is that folks have bought into a world of form and become distracted from their inner essence of love and because of that disorientation have limited their experience of life to a small body, a few friends, a 40 hour a week job, and mortgage payments. In other words, they are looking at circumstances rather than the beauty, vastness, and possibilities in which we live.
Yet, there is more and now may be the time to expand your vision. The sky goes on forever and the oceans are vast. The air we breathe is limitless and so are the varieties of people and possibilities of what we can do, be, experience and become.
Start each day with a moment of wonderment. Look at the world with the eyes of a child – amazed at the beauty and vastness all around you. Try to keep that sense of openness in every situation.
If you get stuck in a conflict (mental or physical) remember that you are made of light substance – the highest vibrational element there is. As you remind yourself of this truth you will begin to feel love and lightness flow in you.
Go to your heart for a direct connection. Ask yourself, what does my heart say about this situation? As you relax, you will have your answer. Each day that you do this, you will get stronger in understanding and identifying your true essence.
Jean Walters is a Personal Growth Consultant and Coach, Akashic Record Reader, Author, & Speaker. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com - her books are available on Amazon.com website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-16708470136374446212019-04-02T12:24:00.001-07:002019-04-02T12:24:57.737-07:00I AM the Light of the World - How to Live in the Light of Your True Identity
We have been trained to think of ourselves as human beings as opposed to spiritual beings and as such we have been indoctrinated with the idea of limitation. In other words, because the body is limited (it requires food, water, sleep, housing, relatively small) as we identify with it, we believe that we are limited as well. Yet if you realize the body is just a temporary vehicle while the soul or spirit is a forever vehicle, we can adjust our view to identify as Spirit/Soul and we release the concept of material limitation that we have learned and adopted. For instance, I Am the Light of the World places you in the internal realm of Spiritual Light as your true form and identification.
The question is how to release the dense body as the limited concept of who you are, that you may assume the truth of who you really are as the Light Energy of your Eternal Being is the question. Start with identifying the mental architecture (beliefs and stories) that you have constructed and accepted. Through this mental (imagined structure) you have contrived a life as limited and difficult. Beliefs: “You must work hard; the body is frail and victim to disease and viruses; other people have power over you.” These statements relate to the limiting concepts that have been taught, repeated, and accepted. They are truth for you as you adopt them.
This Body of Light that you really are is all-powerful and will accept whatever program you give it. A computer accepts whatever software program you install in it. You have the power to delete programs, edit programs, and create new programs. The computer is invented and developed on this original idea of the mind. Our Divine Light Body will also morph into whatever we set as its program. This gives us immense power to change, become, and expand.
Because we have spent so many years repeating the program, “I am powerless, helpless, sick, weak, and struggling” instead of I AM the beauty and Light of the world; I AM powerful, omniscient, and without limit, we must now edit and install new software (beliefs and stories).
What would happen if you addressed every situation with the mental construct of vastness, mutability, and power? I Am the Light of the world. All power is mine and every possibility is available to me. I Am open to receive the highest possibilities and solutions.
Try it and find out. If you are determined and persevering in this new program, you would eventually (perhaps sooner rather than later) open to a new you. You would begin to live more in the Light than in the dense expression of materiality. Does this scare you? Does this excite you? Check your reaction to these ideas. Your reaction will determine your readiness. A faint heart yields faint results. You decide what will be.
I Am the Light of the world will call your Light Spiritual Beinginess to your awareness. You can frame this new self as I Am the Light; I Am the inner essence of Spirit. I vibrate in joyful connection to Spirit. I Am Spirit. Adjust the concept in accordance with your understanding.
When Jesus said I AM the Light of the world, he also said YOU are the Light of the world. He was speaking of bringing your sense of identity to the truth of your being. We are all Light conceived. The dense body proceeds or projects from that inner point of creation. We can place our focus at either place and that decision controls our destiny.
Are you ready to release the heaviness of the mental constructs you took on as a child? If so you have a new way awaiting. Begin the process. State daily: I Am the Light of the world. All possibilities are open to me. The egoic self no longer controls with ideas of limitation. I open to my Greater Self and every possibility – I AM the Light. With each day of practice your identification with the limitless potential you possess will grow.
By the way, Light and Love is the same thing. Which is to say that you are the Love of the world too.
Jean Walters is a Transformational Coach, Akashic Record Reader, Author, Teacher. Her books can be found on Amazon.com. You can reach her at 314 991 8439 website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-13790358731021207952019-04-02T12:15:00.001-07:002019-04-02T12:15:30.315-07:00Intuition: What it is and how to trust it!
I am frequently asked about intuition… what is it? How do I know if I am connected to it? How do I know if it is real and not something I made up? Hey, great questions. Let’s explore the answers.
As an intuitive, Akashic Record reader, and coach, I rely on my intuition in both business and personal life. I check each decision to make sure it is aligned with my highest purpose. That is a most important function of intuition, to keep you on track.
Intuition is also the guide to your Highest Intelligence. Thus the query, would you rather be given advice from your High Self or your ego? Hence cultivating your intuitive voice is probably the most important thing you will ever do. It makes your life easier, less stressful, and smoother. I think of it as helping me get to my destination as the crow flies – or, the shortest path.
As a professional intuitive, I depend on my still small voice for insights and instructions in every situation. When I work with clients, I am guided to the right energy, symbols and scenarios that supply the most meaning and impact for them. The messages that come through my channel are relatable, practical, and provide my clients the quickest way to accomplish what is needed and I mean as the crow flies.
The truth is that we live on many levels. The physical/material world happens to be the heaviest (densest) energetically. The finer realms, where intuition resides, are clear, insightful, and packed with wisdom. By following your intuition, you will discover ways to heal and to express your highest energy, passions and goals.
What is Intuition?
Intuition is the still, small voice that dwells within that guides, and sometimes prods us. It informs us if something is right or wrong for us and it offers insights about situations and relationships.
We are often tuned to it when we are quiet and heart focused as opposed to being in our analytical head or ego. When we dash through life, letting our intellect (head) lead the way, living by rigid rules and forced decisions, we are continually distracted by external noise and unable to listen deeply. The material world is loud, dramatic and demanding. As a result, we find it difficult to cultivate the deep inner listening necessary to access inner wisdom and life becomes chaotic and difficult.
To connect to inner knowing, we must step away from external noise. Take a break; stop. Go to the heart, sit quietly and listen. You can begin with five minutes a day. This allotted time will naturally expand as you develop mental discipline.
Is it real or are we making it up?
There are studies that illustrate the benefits of intuition. A 2015 study presented in the Journal of Positive Psychology indicates that intuition is particularly beneficial when a person is stressed or under pressure. It states that intuitive processes often lead to conclusions of higher value than rational-analytic methods of reasoning.
Another Forbes article states that scientists and researchers has proven that intuition is the highest form of intelligence. It is noted that gut feelings, hunches, or the still small voice of intuition contain power, insight, and truth. In fact, it offers far more than insight than the data available in the outside world.
We can use these faculties together. Use reason to back up intuition in much the way that Einstein did. He would intuit a premise (the speed of light or the law of relativity) and then go to work with his logical mind to find the formulas to back it up.
What’s the benefit?
Our intuition never lies or steers us in the wrong direction. When we dwell in the intuitive mind, we develop clarity because fear is displaced with love. It is vital to never make a decision out of fear because it leads to conclusions that may seem appropriate on paper but are ultimately bad as they are reactionary and do not take in the long view of a situation. Fear drowns out intuition and blocks forward movement. It is restrictive, confining, and shortsighted.
Love is expansive whereas fear constricts and creates anxiety. We may get an intuitive don’t do it signal, but the energy around that message is lighter and more insightful than the energy of fear. As you observe, intuition feels right, and there is a sense of clarity with it.
When connected to your intuition, you feel calm. Peace is indicative of truth and conclusions come easier. Even with a "don’t do it " or "this is a bad idea" message, there is still a sense of ease. In fact, intuition never goes against your desire; it is actually moves you toward it. And clarity always produces confidence.
How does it speak to us?
There are a variety of ways that your inner voice can speak to you. Feelings are important – a sense of peace or repulsion conveys choices. With clarity and lightness you know you are on the right path; when repulsed you know you are not. Your body does not know how to lie and you can be easily guided when you listen to it.
Dreams (day or night) are another way to receive messages. Dealing with dreams symbolically helps you understand the urges coming through. A person who dreams of being a super hero will probably become one – perhaps not with a cape and laser gun, but still a superhero. He may discover a new way to accomplish a purpose, heal an illness, rocket to space, or develop a higher technology. Recently I had a client who dreamed of earthquakes, floods and disaster and knew she must leave her job as it was having a negative effect on her. Another client met her beautiful, unconditionally loving mother in her dreams and was told that she is doing everything as she should and to continue. Both understood that they were being guided.
Intuition also shows up in symbols. When I see ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks, I am alerted to be attentive to what I am doing. To stay grounded. Or, you may see a word that shows up everywhere you go, SLOW DOWN; or an animal, like a deer, which instructs you to be gentle. Or a hawk that bears the message to take the long view. Indeed the Universe communicates through intuition in many ways.
Some exercises to Connect with Your Intuition
1) Get in touch with your authentic self. Through our lives we have buried and hidden our true selves under personalities and behavioral roles in order to stay safe and acceptable. We have paid a huge price for this as we end up creating blocks against recognizing our innate gifts and purpose. We must drop these false personas and get honest. You know what you love to do, how you love to express, and the things you find distasteful. These truths have been evident from the time you were a small child. If possible, connect with someone who can help you peel away the layers to free yourself and connect with your true self. By doing this, your intuition will get stronger and louder.
Gaining clarity on “who you truly are” will assist you in letting go of the past and learning to love yourself. It is an essential shift as intuition resides in love. If you disdain yourself, you stay boxed in fear and closed-mindedness. Our higher self — the source of intuition — is pure love. Loving yourself stabilizes your connection to your intuition.
Learning self-love can be a lifelong journey. Yet the more we accept ourselves, warts and all, flaws and mistakes, without judgment or self-denigration, the more we can live fully in our Higher Selves.
2) A most important practice is to learn to be still. Creating space to be quiet, meditate, breathe, and enjoy nature, will pay dividends. You will discover that connecting with your heart, gut, inner hunches, or intuitive voice gets easier day-by-day. Also, let go of negative or chaotic situations. They are draining. Also remove distractions and clutter. This helps to quiet the noise and drama of life. Within this space, your intuition gains strength.
3) Pay attention to your physical body to notice feelings that come up for you. Perhaps you feel uneasy about a person or situation, or you may feel a strong yes. Whatever you are feeling, take time to connect and explore it. With time it becomes obvious – is this feeling coming from intuition or fear. This is the work that must be done.
4) Another method of listening is channeled writing. Write a question on a piece of paper, take a few deep breaths, clear your mind, and write. You can wait for the words to start flowing or you can make circles on the paper until they surface. Once they do, start writing. Don’t filter, or concern yourself with spelling, grammar, sentence structure, or making sense of it. Keep writing until the words stop coming. Just trust what you are hearing. Your intuition is focused on helping you live your highest life. Often the answers that come are not the ones you think you want. But that goes to trust. Being honest is imperative to developing a strong relationship with your intuition.
As you become stronger at trusting your intuition, making choices gets easier. Decisions come faster and are more aligned with what is best for you. Anxiety is minimized, as you don’t agonize, or let your rational/intellectual mind sort everything out. Because you are attuned to your Higher Mind, instant feedback becomes your method and it offers the best option for you.
5) Becoming familiar with your intuitive voice makes is vastly easier to put it into practice. For instance, let’s say you are looking to change jobs. You might start thinking about each job you are considering. Explore the fears, dreams and visions associated with each one. For example, ponder your current job. What does your work environment feel like? Going through the various activities of the job, how do they feel? Does it feel like you are learning something important and does it align with your career goals? How do you feel as you go to work every day?
By asking questions, you define the problem. What is it you want to get clear on? Once you determine this, what are some possible solutions? Should you stay or go? And if you do go, what option is best for you — working for another company? Being self-employed? Being a full-time employee or a contract-based employee? Starting a different career? Doing something completely new?
Write down various options and let your intuition guide you to what feels best. What feelings show up in your body? The body is a great barometer of truth because it does not know how to lie. It will always give honest feedback of what you really want. You can mentally rationalize, but your body cannot. What do you feel? Relaxed, relieved, or peaceful? Then your answer is probably yes. Or does your body feel tense, anxious or distressed? If so, you’re being told that the solution you are considering is not the right one.
If you are still unsure, imagine going forward implementing each answer. With your imagination engaged, you will get immediate intuitive feedback. By imaging the new scenario, the body will actually feel it because it does not know the difference between what is real and what is made up. Visualize doing solution one. Move into it. How do you feel with each step? Are you fearful yet excited or do you feel dread and repulsion? Each feeling is an intuitive guide. Go through each possibility and you will know what is best.
Take time to reference if your reactions are fear or love (intuition) driven. Remember, fear feels heavy and restrictive. If you notice that feeling, give yourself time to figure out what you are afraid of. In other words, explore the fear. It is possible the initial fear is not the real fear. By getting to know your fear, you also learn more about yourself. All fear is irrational. Yet, exploring it may help you let it go. To say this differently, the only valid fear is when your life is endangered, like being chased by a bear. More than likely, the fear you feel is a remnant from the past and not really relevant to your situation.
Other fears might relate to being embarrassed or failing at a task or someone not liking you. These are the fears that keep you stuck and must be acted on. We are human beings having a learning experience. Listening to your intuition will help you learn. Life is a process and not a destination. When it feels right, walk through the fear and become free.
As you use these tools you will create a strong connection to your intuition and your life will flow more easily, you will have more clarity and joy.
Jean Walters is a Personal Growth Consultant, Coach, Akashic Record Reader, Author, and Teacher. You can find her books on Amazon.com. Website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com You can reach her at 314 991 8439
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-85072750111197533232019-04-02T12:06:00.002-07:002019-04-02T12:06:53.447-07:00Tips on Developing Your Intuition
Intuition, we all have it. Some use it every day all the time and others don't. Do you listen to your head or your heart? Head = intellect; heart = intuition (deeper knowing).
Intuition can show up as feelings, a great idea, a symbol presented in your life (a sign, a person, an animal, or even a situation). In fact, everything, when viewed from your Higher Mind, has significance and everything is a symbol of some sort. All can be used to guide your growth
Jesus said, "You shall know them by their works." He said works, not words. Often we get confused because people say one thing and do another. A radical example would be the fellow who says I love you and then smacks you. Words say one thing; actions state a completely different reality. A person is completely out of integrity when his words and actions don’t match. You are out of integrity if you believe him.
My suggestion is that you ignore what people say and pay close attention to what they do. Is this person kind to the little people – waitresses, cab driver, and store clerks?
Actions reveal the person. When we pay attention, we begin to observe life rather than be entangled in it. The more we observe without judgment (just watch it like a movie), the more we can cultivate our deeper sense of intuition. Why? Because we are no longer distracted with intellectual illusions.
Once we become entangled with people or situation and make judgments, feign outrage, become attached, we lose our edge. That means we are distracted from the still, small voice that resides within the heart. That is a heavy price to pay.
The truth is that love is action, not words. It is amazing to me how people want to be told how much they are loved when their friend or partner is going out of his/her way to show them. Can you see? In this confused state, we put words above actions and misjudge our situation. Yes, we are operating from our head and not our heart.
The first step in strengthening your intuition is to FEEL. That means feel the situation you are in, sense the person you are with, notice the energy in a situation. FEEL it. As you move beyond your intellectual (head) self, you will find your feeling sense will prove a valuable ally guiding you to your right answers and direction.
Many people ignore their feelings and that is a BAD mistake. Your feeling sense is to be trusted but it must be in the moment. That means that if you had a terrible experience with a tall Italian man in your past and now you react badly to all tall, Italian men, it is not your intuition speaking to you, but a past memory. It may take time to sort out memories versus true gut sensations. With practice, this can be done.
Practice FEELING and be willing to be wrong, because for sure your intellect will try interfere. Nevertheless, practice makes perfect.
When Jesus healed the blind man, the Pharisees (who represent our “letter of the law,” follow-the-rules mentality – rational but not intuitive) challenged him and said you must be a devil (evil) because you did something out of the ordinary and you had the nerve to help this guy out on the Sabbath – a time of rest. In other words, you broke the religious law of the time and that makes you bad. These Pharisaical thoughts, and everyone has them, are not spiritual or intuitive. They represent the way we have been indoctrinated. Our narrow beliefs in how things should be.
It so concerned the Pharisees that Jesus healed on the Sabbath that they wanted to get rid of him, stone him. Think about it… you do a kind act – do you second-guess yourself – maybe they won’t appreciate it, maybe I gave too much or too little, perhaps they won’t understand or I overstepped the boundaries, yada, yada, yada.
This second-guessing is Pharisaical. These are the thoughts that talk you out of living spontaneously, spiritually, and in love. They are based in egoic materialism in that they attempt to convince you to rationalize who you are instead of striving to feel the deepest compassion, love and kindness that you are and to operate from that.
If you were listening to your deep love (heart) what would you do today? Can you do it without second-guessing? Can you do it now?
There are different levels of intuition. Some guide you from past experiences as mentioned above – watch out for the tall Italian guy - and there are deeper levels of intuitive knowing that help you cultivate your highest essence. To access these profound levels, you must become non-judgmental, non-attached to specific outcomes, and non-resistant to what is. If you have not developed these qualities, then that is the next work to do.
Parting thought: Whatever work you do to strengthen your intuitive understanding will bring you tremendous rewards. As you move your awareness to deeper, more profound levels, you glean peace, joy, wisdom, health, abundance, and knowing. These are the greatest rewards you could ever want.
Jean Walters is a Personal Growth Consultant and Coach, Akashic Reader, Author and teacher. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com, 314 991 8439 website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com Her books are available on Amazon.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-38033692758192599622019-02-07T13:40:00.005-08:002019-02-07T13:40:38.757-08:00Simple - How to Bring more Love into Your LifeSimple Practice: Bring more Love into your Life
There is no question babies radiate love. People are drawn to these beautiful, little packages that know only love. We connect with them and want to experience the simple happiness of a baby. Puppies have the same effect. They automatically love you. You don’t have to do anything to earn their love. It is unconditional and knows no bounds.
Guess what - This is our true state – radiant love without bounds. But what happens to reduce and diminish us to a consciousness of fear and restriction, of distrust and anger. When did we forget who we are? Instead of expanding our love to include everything and everyone, we start to retract and become selective. We become conditional. I will love you if you are nice to me; I will love you if we agree on issues! I will love you if we are from the same political party. What?!
You love your ethnic group, family, tribe, religious sect and close out those who seem different. We are afraid of those we look, dress, or speak in dissimilar dialects. Soon we are retracted into balls of opinions, delusions, judgments, and preferences where before there was radiance.
As thinking, rational beings we have the ability to make choices. We can look at the outer shell and project our own insecurities, fear, and unknowing or we can see the light in each person and recognize that the outer form is just a defense or definition – actually of little importance.
Inside there is light (love) beaning its boundlessness and desire to share. Holding in love when it needs expression is painful. Why? because we are going against our natural state. On the inside, we are still babies ready to grin, giggle, and share our essence.
Let’s return to that state of innocence and purity by making it a practice to smile at people. That is what babies do. Tell them (mentally, if you wish) how much you love them. You love their light. You love the purity of their essence, even if they have lost sight of it themselves. See it for them. This can be your practice with each person you encounter.
See their inner beauty and radiant light and love. Bless them with a smile. And, guess what, through the law of cause and effect, what cycles back to you will be love! Take the restraints off your life and guess what – fear and restriction disappear. It is a choice.
Here is an exercise to practice to help this your loving, radiance return. Everyday do something for someone. A small thing… sincerely wish them a joyful day, help carry groceries, writing a thank you note, share a resource. At the end of the day, ask yourself what good did I do today? And, you know what, you will be grinning like a baby in no time!
Jean Walters is a Transformational Coach, Akashic Record Reader, Teacher, and Best Selling Author. You can find her books on Amazon.com and you can reach her at 314 991 8439 or jean@spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-85831632711833621292019-01-15T13:16:00.000-08:002019-01-15T13:16:51.787-08:005 Tips for a Healthy Relationship: How to Be Adult in Relationships by Jean Walters
I recently discovered a book called “How to be an adult in relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving,” by David Richo, phD. I loved the title and decided to investigate a bit.
I have been in private practice as a transformational coach for over 35 years and much of it spent talking to people about relationships and it seems to me that there are a lot of illusions about what connecting and relating to one another person is supposed to look like. For starters we do not live in a Cinderella- Prince Charming world. Nor is it a Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming (that guy gets around) reality. And it is my belief that these fairy tales have played havoc with our view of real-life connection and commitment because they are not real and often people want to use them as templates for their flesh and blood relationships. Plus I’ve noticed that the way people treat their special love relationship, as opposed to the way they treat their friends, is very different. This is unfortunate because we often give our friends a wide berth while we hold our loved ones with tight expectations.
Getting back to Dr. Richo, I quote: “Love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present.” This one statement eliminates a lot of complications. What love is and what the component of a healthy relationship really is!
Dr. Richo states that there are five keys to being present to the people you love. They are: attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing. Let’s give each one of these some thought.
We often meet someone and desire a connection. So we start by giving that person a lot of attention. This could be meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails, one-on-one time. Then as commitment or marriage follows, there is a sense of taking that person for granted, and the attention begins to wane. “You have them.” And the demands of life take over. The problem is that you don’t “have them” because attention is one of the elements needed to keep a relationship alive and healthy. With a friend you might have certain rituals that hold true. You talk to him/her everyday (think Oprah and Gayle). You have lunch or dinner weekly; you use them as a sounding board. In that regard, consider what kind and how much attention or ritual you give to your loved ones. Do you have dinner together daily, or a weekly date night?
Also, do you accept these people – warts and all! Often with our friends we do just that. It is just as important to provide that same level of acceptance to our spouses, children, and ultimately everyone. We are all hanging out in the earth to learn important lessons and often these lessons don’t come easy. This is true for everyone. Have you noticed - there aren’t any perfect people running around - just folks doing their best. Be careful that you don’t have rules for people and they are expected to live by them. Folks need to make up their own rules.
Next appreciation. Make a point to show appreciation. A note, a phone call, remember important occasions, say thank you. Tell the people in your life why you are happy they are there. Be demonstrative.
Affection is something you do. It may be a pat on the back or a smile. It could be a hug or making out. Affection is easily demonstrated. Taking an interest in something that is important to the other person is a form of affection. We all need it and want it. So, give it.
Allowing is about accepting the person and his/her values and allowing them to be exactly who they are. If they like to play basketball one night a week, you get out of the way and let that happen. You may not like basketball, but they do. So be it.
The truth is that if something is important to your spouse or friend, they are going to do it and if they don’t, they will become resentful. The question is, does this activity make them better or worse? Allowing boys’ poker night, or girls’ night out, or going to a restaurant that is not your first choice, is okay. There is no loss in allowing, only benefits. Enjoy!!
Jean Walters is a Transformation Coach who helps people solve problems, see a vaster picture, look deep into life and relationships by offering coaching and Akashic Readings. Check out her website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com or call 314 991 8439
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-62665492426988102262018-12-11T17:00:00.000-08:002018-12-11T17:00:51.830-08:00Intuition - What it is and Can You Trust it?I am frequently asked about intuition… what is it? How do I know if I am connected to it? How do I know if it is real and not something I made up? Hey, great questions. Let’s explore the answers.
As an intuitive, Akashic Record reader, and coach, I rely on my intuition in both business and personal life. I check each decision to make sure it is aligned with my highest purpose. That is a most important function of intuition, to keep you on track.
Intuition is also the guide to your Highest Intelligence. Thus the query, would you rather be given advice from your High Self or your ego? Hence cultivating your intuitive voice is probably the most important thing you will ever do. It makes your life easier, less stressful, and smoother. I think of it as helping me get to my destination as the crow flies – or, the shortest path.
As a professional intuitive, I depend on my still small voice for insights and instructions in every situation. When I work with clients, I am guided to the right energy, symbols and scenarios that supply the most meaning and impact for them. The messages that come through my channel are relatable, practical, and provide my clients the quickest way to accomplish what is needed and I mean as the crow flies.
The truth is that we live on many levels. The physical/material world happens to be the heaviest (densest) energetically. The finer realms, where intuition resides, are clear, insightful, and packed with wisdom. By following your intuition, you will discover ways to heal and to express your highest energy, passions and goals.
What is Intuition?
Intuition is the still, small voice that dwells within that guides, and sometimes prods us. It informs us if something is right or wrong for us and it offers insights about situations and relationships.
We are often tuned to it when we are quiet and heart focused as opposed to being in our analytical head or ego. When we dash through life, letting our intellect (head) lead the way, living by rigid rules and forced decisions, we are continually distracted by external noise and unable to listen deeply. The material world is loud, dramatic and demanding. As a result, we find it difficult to cultivate the deep inner listening necessary to access inner wisdom and life becomes chaotic and difficult.
To connect to inner knowing, we must step away from external noise. Take a break; stop. Go to the heart, sit quietly and listen. You can begin with five minutes a day. This allotted time will naturally expand as you develop mental discipline.
Is it real or are we making it up?
There are studies that illustrate the benefits of intuition. A 2015 study presented in the Journal of Positive Psychology indicates that intuition is particularly beneficial when a person is stressed or under pressure. It states that intuitive processes often lead to conclusions of higher value than rational-analytic methods of reasoning.
Another Forbes article states that scientists and researchers has proven that intuition is the highest form of intelligence. It is noted that gut feelings, hunches, or the still small voice of intuition contain power, insight, and truth. In fact, it offers far more than insight than the data available in the outside world.
We can use these faculties together. Use reason to back up intuition in much the way that Einstein did. He would intuit a premise (the speed of light or the law of relativity) and then go to work with his logical mind to find the formulas to back it up.
What’s the benefit?
Our intuition never lies or steers us in the wrong direction. When we dwell in the intuitive mind, we develop clarity because fear is displaced with love. It is vital to never make a decision out of fear because it leads to conclusions that may seem appropriate on paper but are ultimately bad as they are reactionary and do not take in the long view of a situation. Fear drowns out intuition and blocks forward movement. It is restrictive, confining, and shortsighted.
Love is expansive whereas fear constricts and creates anxiety. We may get an intuitive don’t do it signal, but the energy around that message is lighter and more insightful than the energy of fear. As you observe, intuition feels right, and there is a sense of clarity with it.
When connected to your intuition, you feel calm. Peace is indicative of truth and conclusions come easier. Even with a "don’t do it " or "this is a bad idea" message, there is still a sense of ease. In fact, intuition never goes against your desire; it is actually moves you toward it. And clarity always produces confidence.
How does it speak to us?
There are a variety of ways that your inner voice can speak to you. Feelings are important – a sense of peace or repulsion conveys choices. With clarity and lightness you know you are on the right path; when repulsed you know you are not. Your body does not know how to lie and you can be easily guided when you listen to it.
Dreams (day or night) are another way to receive messages. Dealing with dreams symbolically helps you understand the urges coming through. A person who dreams of being a super hero will probably become one – perhaps not with a cape and laser gun, but still a superhero. He may discover a new way to accomplish a purpose, heal an illness, rocket to space, or develop a higher technology. Recently I had a client who dreamed of earthquakes, floods and disaster and knew she must leave her job as it was having a negative effect on her. Another client met her beautiful, unconditionally loving mother in her dreams and was told that she is doing everything as she should and to continue. Both understood that they were being guided.
Intuition also shows up in symbols. When I see ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks, I am alerted to be attentive to what I am doing. To stay grounded. Or, you may see a word that shows up everywhere you go, SLOW DOWN; or an animal, like a deer, which instructs you to be gentle. Or a hawk that bears the message to take the long view. Indeed the Universe communicates through intuition in many ways.
Some exercises to Connect with Your Intuition
1) Get in touch with your authentic self. Through our lives we have buried and hidden our true selves under personalities and behavioral roles in order to stay safe and acceptable. We have paid a huge price for this as we end up creating blocks against recognizing our innate gifts and purpose. We must drop these false personas and get honest. You know what you love to do, how you love to express, and the things you find distasteful. These truths have been evident from the time you were a small child. If possible, connect with someone who can help you peel away the layers to free yourself and connect with your true self. By doing this, your intuition will get stronger and louder.
Gaining clarity on “who you truly are” will assist you in letting go of the past and learning to love yourself. It is an essential shift as intuition resides in love. If you disdain yourself, you stay boxed in fear and closed-mindedness. Our higher self — the source of intuition — is pure love. Loving yourself stabilizes your connection to your intuition.
Learning self-love can be a lifelong journey. Yet the more we accept ourselves, warts and all, flaws and mistakes, without judgment or self-denigration, the more we can live fully in our Higher Selves.
2) A most important practice is to learn to be still. Creating space to be quiet, meditate, breathe, and enjoy nature, will pay dividends. You will discover that connecting with your heart, gut, inner hunches, or intuitive voice gets easier day-by-day. Also, let go of negative or chaotic situations. They are draining. Also remove distractions and clutter. This helps to quiet the noise and drama of life. Within this space, your intuition gains strength.
3) Pay attention to your physical body to notice feelings that come up for you. Perhaps you feel uneasy about a person or situation, or you may feel a strong yes. Whatever you are feeling, take time to connect and explore it. With time it becomes obvious – is this feeling coming from intuition or fear. This is the work that must be done.
4) Another method of listening is channeled writing. Write a question on a piece of paper, take a few deep breaths, clear your mind, and write. You can wait for the words to start flowing or you can make circles on the paper until they surface. Once they do, start writing. Don’t filter, or concern yourself with spelling, grammar, sentence structure, or making sense of it. Keep writing until the words stop coming. Just trust what you are hearing. Your intuition is focused on helping you live your highest life. Often the answers that come are not the ones you think you want. But that goes to trust. Being honest is imperative to developing a strong relationship with your intuition.
As you become stronger at trusting your intuition, making choices gets easier. Decisions come faster and are more aligned with what is best for you. Anxiety is minimized, as you don’t agonize, or let your rational/intellectual mind sort everything out. Because you are attuned to your Higher Mind, instant feedback becomes your method and it offers the best option for you.
5) Becoming familiar with your intuitive voice makes is vastly easier to put it into practice. For instance, let’s say you are looking to change jobs. You might start thinking about each job you are considering. Explore the fears, dreams and visions associated with each one. For example, ponder your current job. What does your work environment feel like? Going through the various activities of the job, how do they feel? Does it feel like you are learning something important and does it align with your career goals? How do you feel as you go to work every day?
By asking questions, you define the problem. What is it you want to get clear on? Once you determine this, what are some possible solutions? Should you stay or go? And if you do go, what option is best for you — working for another company? Being self-employed? Being a full-time employee or a contract-based employee? Starting a different career? Doing something completely new?
Write down various options and let your intuition guide you to what feels best. What feelings show up in your body? The body is a great barometer of truth because it does not know how to lie. It will always give honest feedback of what you really want. You can mentally rationalize, but your body cannot. What do you feel? Relaxed, relieved, or peaceful? Then your answer is probably yes. Or does your body feel tense, anxious or distressed? If so, you’re being told that the solution you are considering is not the right one.
If you are still unsure, imagine going forward implementing each answer. With your imagination engaged, you will get immediate intuitive feedback. By imaging the new scenario, the body will actually feel it because it does not know the difference between what is real and what is made up. Visualize doing solution one. Move into it. How do you feel with each step? Are you fearful yet excited or do you feel dread and repulsion? Each feeling is an intuitive guide. Go through each possibility and you will know what is best.
Take time to reference if your reactions are fear or love (intuition) driven. Remember, fear feels heavy and restrictive. If you notice that feeling, give yourself time to figure out what you are afraid of. In other words, explore the fear. It is possible the initial fear is not the real fear. By getting to know your fear, you also learn more about yourself. All fear is irrational. Yet, exploring it may help you let it go. To say this differently, the only valid fear is when your life is endangered, like being chased by a bear. More than likely, the fear you feel is a remnant from the past and not really relevant to your situation.
Other fears might relate to being embarrassed or failing at a task or someone not liking you. These are the fears that keep you stuck and must be acted on. We are human beings having a learning experience. Listening to your intuition will help you learn. Life is a process and not a destination. When it feels right, walk through the fear and become free.
As you use these tools you will create a strong connection to your intuition and your life will flow more easily, you will have more clarity and joy.
Jean Walters is a spiritual guide and assist clients in finding their path in life and achieving clarity. She is available at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439. Her books are available on Amazon.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-89008788389771378502018-11-27T17:05:00.001-08:002018-11-27T17:05:57.912-08:00Tips to Develop Your Intuition from a Lifelong PsychicTips on developing your intuition
Intuition, we all have it. Some use it everyday all the time and others don't. Do you listen to your head or your heart? Head = intellect; heart = intuition (deeper knowing).
Intuition can show up as feelings, a great idea, a symbol presented in your life (a sign, a person, an animal, or even a situation). In fact, everything, when viewed from your Higher Mind, has significance and everything is a symbol of some sort. All can be used to guide your growth.
Jesus said, "You shall know them by their works." He said works, not words. Often we get confused because people say one thing and do another. A radical example would be the fellow who says I love you and then smacks you. Words say one thing; actions state a completely different reality. A person is completely out of integrity when his words and actions don’t match. You are out of integrity if you believe him.
My suggestion is that you ignore what people say and pay close attention to what they do. Is this person kind to the little people – waitresses, cab driver, and store clerks? Actions reveal the person. When we pay attention, we begin to observe life rather than be entangled in it. The more we observe without judgment (just watch it like a movie), the more we can cultivate our deeper sense of intuition. Why? Because we are no longer distracted with intellectual illusions.
Once we become entangled with people or situation and make judgments, feign outrage, become attached, we lose our edge. That means we are distracted from the still, small voice that resides within the heart. That is a heavy price to pay.
The truth is that love is action, not words. It is amazing to me how people want to be told how much they are loved when their friend or partner is going out of his/her way to show them. Can you see? In this confused state, we put words above actions and misjudge our situation. Yes, we are operating from our head and not our heart.
The first step in strengthening your intuition is to FEEL. That means feel the situation you are in, sense the person you are with, notice the energy in a situation. FEEL it. As you move beyond your intellectual (head) self, you will find your feeling sense will prove a valuable ally guiding you to your right answers and direction.
Many people ignore their feelings and that is a BAD mistake. Your feeling sense is to be trusted but it must be in the moment. That means that if you had a terrible experience with a tall Italian man in your past and now you react badly to all tall, Italian men, it is not your intuition speaking to you, but a past memory. It may take time to sort out memories versus true gut sensations. With practice, this can be done.
Practice FEELING and be willing to be wrong, because for sure your intellect will try to interfere. Nevertheless, practice makes perfect.
When Jesus healed the blind man, the Pharisees (who represent our “letter of the law,” follow-the-rules mentality – rational but not intuitive) challenged him and said you must be a devil (evil) because you did something out of the ordinary and you had the nerve to help this guy out on the Sabbath – a time of rest. In other words, you broke the religious law of the time and that makes you bad. These Pharisaical thoughts, and everyone has them, are not spiritual or intuitive. They represent the way we have been indoctrinated. Our narrow beliefs in how things should be.
It so concerned the Pharisees that Jesus healed on the Sabbath that they wanted to get rid of him, stone him. Think about it… you do a kind act – do you second-guess yourself – maybe they won’t appreciate it, maybe I gave too much or too little, perhaps they won’t understand or I overstepped the boundaries, yada, yada, yada. This second-guessing is Pharisaical. These are the thoughts that talk you out of living spontaneously, spiritually, and in love. They are based in egoic materialism in that they attempt to convince you to rationalize who you are instead of striving to feel the deepest compassion, love and kindness that you are and to operate from that.
If you were listening to your deep love (heart) what would you do today? Can you do it without second-guessing? Can you do it now?
There are different levels of intuition. Some guide you from past experiences as mentioned above – watch out for the tall Italian guy - and there are deeper levels of intuitive knowing that help you cultivate your highest essence. To access these profound levels, you must become non-judgmental, non-attached to specific outcomes, and non-resistant to what is. If you have not developed these qualities, then that is the next work to do.
Parting thought: Whatever work you do to strengthen your intuitive understanding will bring you tremendous rewards. As you move your awareness to deeper, more profound levels, you glean peace, joy, wisdom, health, abundance, and knowing. These are the greatest rewards you could ever want.
Jean Walters has given over 35,000 Akashic Record Readings in over 35 years, has written best selling books, and consulted and coached thousands of people over her career. You can reach her at 314 991 8439 or jean@spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-54170305155714932132018-11-26T16:39:00.001-08:002018-11-26T16:39:06.147-08:00See with Eyes of Gratitude: This creates miraclesBlog: Look with eyes of Gratitude!
A space vehicle is propelled by rockets that fire in a programmed sequence in much the same way as each of us is propelled along life’s journey by other people or events that influence us. Sometimes these influences are profoundly positive and create major transitional moments. We look back at them as landmarks on the terrain of our lives.
Other times, the person or event may appear negative or ominous. Yet, all serve as catalysts to bring about the change required at the time. They all help us to move along our path, just like the rocket.
Everyone can recall events that were turning points and individuals who effected transformation. Your parents obviously fit this category. They provided your first boost into this world and their impact stayed with you. As their influence waned, the next rocket may have been a friend or teacher, and the next rocket, a spouse or mentor. Each person provided the exact encounter necessary to keep you progressing. Some people and events you welcomed gratefully and others caused you to cringe.
Whether a birth or a death, a promotion or divorce, each shaped and molded your character, your understanding, and your wisdom. These occurrences are neutral. Your reaction determines how they impact your life, whether they detract or add value. You choose how you view these events in the same way that you choose how they affect you. You experience gratitude or become somber, humble, or bitter.
For example, you are released from a job. You can see it as a doorway to another more exciting career, or you can spiral into victimhood. The choice on how to view the situation is yours.
A driver cuts in front of you as you navigate through traffic. A humble person might recognize the driver as panicked or in trouble. He might get out of the way to make room so the other driver can be on his way. Someone else might judge the incident intrusive and decide to compete for the road.
The first person does not take the incident personally and remains peaceful. The second one sees it as a personal affront and reacts with anger. In this case, the event colors his day. He will take his response with him wherever he goes. It will touch his interactions throughout the day. It will not add value. It will, instead, diminish him. And so it is with life. We choose to be enriched or diminished.
Can you remember the end of a relationship? Were you grateful for having had the experience? Or were you mad that it had ended? If you think of it as a completed phase of your life, would you judge it differently?
What does all this have to do with gratitude? The Universe is magical. It is ever providing the twists and turns we need to become the person we are to be. As you look back, see with eyes of gratitude all the experiences and people you have magnetized into your life to help you become the amazing being you truly are!
I am grateful to you for allowing me to share!
This excerpt if taken from my newest book, Be Outrageous: Do the Impossible - Others Have and You can Too! You can purchase it on Amazon.com or http://www.spiritualtransformation.com Reach me at jean@spiritualtransformation.comJean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-60914635775333286152018-11-20T17:06:00.001-08:002018-11-20T17:06:50.334-08:00The Art of Givingness (the other side of thankfulness)
Sometimes people approach the holidays with resentment. They feel the season’s been commercialized; they focus on the buying and doing aspect of the holidays and lose the possibility of joy. Yet the principle of giving is inherent in the season, thus the potential for learning how to give is an immediate undertaking for everyone. It would seem that re-framing the way we interpret the quality of giving could change our response to the holidays.
Happiness lies in the spirit of giving. Often this feeling of the spirit of givingness is felt more around the holidays than any other time, and this is a wonderful thing. Yet, we don’t have to limit our experience for we could make every day a kind of Christmas.
The confusion lies in the idea that we must give “things”. For often with the giving of things, there are strings attached, and that takes away the joy. However when we give freely, without conditions, reservations, recriminations, attachments, we become the greatest recipients of our gifts because that kind of giving is accompanied by feelings of great joy. We can develop the SPIRIT of givingness and experience it daily.
The greatest gifts anyone can give are time, energy, and wisdom. This is similar to the axiom that to teach a man to fish is better than to give him a fish. If you give a man a fish, he will need another in a few hours, for one fish cannot satisfy hunger for long. Yet, if you teach the man how to fish, he can satisfy his need for fish as often as he chooses.
Giving in this way creates growth because it moves you out of your small (egoic) self and helps you see a bigger picture -- the needs of others. Plus you get to see the value of what you give. A few moments of support to someone in need is invaluable. Some words of support can save a life. This is the way we learn the true meaning of love.
Giving your knowledge, experience and wisdom unconditionally leads to joy. This is not meant to down-play giving material gifts. What is important is that whatever you give comes from the heart. Then practice giving without concern for a return. Soon you will discover that your givingness fills you and that everything you need or want, you have.
Jean Walters is a best selling author, teacher, counselor, and Akashic Record reader. You can reach her at 314 566 5231 or jean@spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-25629771650340466002018-11-06T12:35:00.003-08:002018-11-06T12:35:44.747-08:00The Universal Law of Gratitude The Universal Law of Gratitude
The law of gratitude dictates that you value your current job position and customers. By doing this, new opportunities and customers readily present themselves.
Gratitude is a law of nature. When we accept and are at peace with our circumstances, things begin to change naturally, easily. Sincere gratitude sows the seeds that blossom in abundance. It is a principle of nature and it is magnetic.
When people feel acknowledged and appreciated, they more readily acknowledge and appreciate you. When you are grateful for all you have experienced and achieved, even the bad stuff, your life expands. Your understanding that hardship and challenge build the characteristics of strength and leadership becomes apparent. You need these qualities to achieve whatever goal you desire.
There is a science to gratitude. As you explore the energy of gratitude, you will discover a great law of prosperity. When you genuinely feel grateful, your energy rises and expands. It aligns with your Divinity. It connects you to God.
You can even feel it. Think of something or someone for which you are grateful. Notice the feeling in your body as you do this. It feels light and expanded.
Now consider someone or something for which you feel annoyed, angry, resentful, or critical. You will notice your body shifting to a restricted state. The energy is tight. It might even burn because anger is inflamed energy.
Be sure to bring yourself back to gratitude. As you observe more and more, your choice will be gratitude. You have the ability and responsibility to choose where you place your mind. You must develop the discipline to keep it focused on where you want it to be. That means what outcome do you desire. The mind has no choice but to abide by your wishes.
For the most part, people do not recognize that they have this ability. This kind of mental training alters the projector of your life. As your projector changes, your life follows suit. Be willing to train your thoughts, and you will find the benefits astounding.
When you generate thoughts of gratefulness, it is equivalent to having all ready received. Gratitude for having already received your desire immediately magnetizes the energy needed to manifest it in your space-time reality.
The Quantum Field of energy, that in which we live, breath, and have our being, receives the impressions of your thoughts. As stated earlier, it is mutable, like Silly Putty. It automatically assumes the shape, intensity, and quality of your thoughts. In other words, your thoughts are a template for this mutable energy to take form. Magnetic thoughts of gratitude expand energy and bring more of what you appreciate to you.
Have you ever wondered what your true capabilities are? According to philosopher, Goethe, “Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now.”
Jean Walters is a best selling author of Be Outrageous: Do the Impossible - Others have and you can too!, Set Yourself Free: Live the Life YOU were meant to Live, and Dreams and the Symbology of Life - all available on Amazon.com You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-15060635051280230102018-10-29T11:58:00.000-07:002018-10-29T11:58:45.661-07:00How to Switch off Negative Chatter and Have More Fun!!!
Most people have been handed a lot of negativity as they grew up. The grown up (parents, teachers, television, everybody), not knowing the detrimental effects of put-downs or criticism, and being frustrated in their own lives, often and unknowingly, projected their own programmed fear to their children. “Are you ever going to get it right?” “What’s wrong with you?” “How could you be so stupid?” Or it could be subtle – a disappointed sigh or disdainful look. (You: Oh, I let them down again! I’m not good enough.)
After a bit, we internalize the criticism and they don’t have to say a word because the negative “program” is imprinted in our minds and it becomes a default button when things go badly. At this point, the program has become a neural pathway in your brain and presents as habitual negative chatter.
The question is: What to do about it? The answer is to reframe your limiting beliefs. Here are some steps to do that.
First: recognize when you have negative chatter. That can be as easy as noticing how you feel. If you feel angry, resentful, victimized, even bored, you have negative chatter.
Then notice your body. Where are you feeling tight? Clenched jaw, teeth grinding, knot in your stomach, lump in your throat, making a fist, tight shoulders or back? Your body never lies and it will always reveal your thoughts.
Then, focus on one tight area and ask yourself, what have I been saying to myself? Do this as you release the tension. A great way to get in touch with your tension is to write about it. When you focus on your rigid jaw and ask yourself, what have I been thinking? Your brain dump can be, “I’m mad that I didn’t get the promotion at work. Or, I feel ignored at parties. I think I got a raw deal with something.”
Brain dumping on paper is a great way to release negativity. You can keep a brain dump journal. When you have fully expunged the negativity, create a little ritual of tearing up the paper or throwing it in the fireplace. Some people go so far as to bury it. Your choice!
The next step is where things get interesting because it involves two parts. Part one is actually confronting the negativity straight on. For instance, “I always get passed over for promotion” or “things never turn out well for me” is addressed with a question – is that true? It is up to you to come up with evidence of validity. And, if you do find legitimate proof, the next question is, “why have I chosen to direct my life that way?”
Now you are moving into “victim” territory. Living with victim mentality is highly destructive because you have set a life course for disaster and unhappiness. Truth: Victims are NEVER happy and they are very often attached to their victim whoa is me life. It can be their claim to fame. I have actually seen people exit a positive, uplifting talk or workshop and immediately look for someone to tell their “victim” story. That person needs a hobby.
You get the point. Once you have confronted your “story,” the second step is to make up a new one. Whereas the first part of the process is a brain dump, this part is a brain shift. You literally have to shift your mind to a positive possibility. If you don’t’ do this, your mind automatically defaults to our old negative position. That is because you have invested many years into the “poor me” scenario. Thus your new story will need a fair amount of reinforcement to become a neural pathway.
Therefore, if your old rendition is, <i>“I’m not good enough,</i>” start your new tune with, “ I am more than good enough.” Think about your positive attributes such as kindness, gentleness, patience, generosity, being a good listening, keeping your word. (Everyone has positive qualities.) Follow that with what life looks and feels like to be more than good enough. Example: “people love to hang out with me.” Visualize people inviting you to hang out and laughing and having fun together. Visualize an active social life. Or, visualize people asking you for feedback or assistance at work and how good it feels to help them out and how much they appreciate you.
Another example: “Things never go my way.” First step find the evidence. Is this a true statement? Why do I want to hold on this idea? What do I want my new story to be? Visualize a new scenario – serendipitous things happening all the time. People give you the right of way, you buy one item and receive two because today we have a special. Compliments fly at you from everyone! You get the idea.
The next very important step is to ask yourself if you really want this new positive life and if so, why? It is vital to have positive motivation to keep yourself moving. If your intent to change is not solid, you will put out a half-hearted effort and then say the process doesn’t work. Truth: it only works if you work it. If you receive a lot of rewards for having a sad story, you may not be ready to change. Answer truthfully, are you ready to release negative chatter and move to a more joyful experience?
Here is a summary of the process:
· Recognize the negative chatter. Notice it.
· Feel the negative energy and determine where the tension is in your body.
· Challenge the negative chatter. Is it true? What is the truth?
· Decide if you want to keep the “poor me” story going forward or create a new one.
· Design a new story with positive feelings and affirming thoughts.
· I’m adding a bonus step – be grateful. Grateful you noticed the negative chatter, you challenged it, and you are creating and experiencing a new outcome.
Do this over and over until it becomes your default process and soon the negative chatter will be gone and your life is brighter and you are happy.
Comedian Groucho Marx must have gone through this process because these were his thoughts about starting his day.
“Each morning when I open my eyes, I say to myself, ‘I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead; tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
Jean Walters is a best-selling author, Transformational Coach, Akashic Record Reader. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformaitona.com or 314 991 8439. Website: www.spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-14858053713721853512018-10-18T14:59:00.002-07:002018-10-18T14:59:21.145-07:00It never hurts to ask!!
Have you ever blocked yourself from going for what you really desired because it seemed too outrageous to attempt? Or has the fear of looking stupid, even though the opportunity was ripe, kept you from asking for what you want? If so, keep reading.
There is an inventive fifth grade-writing teacher in Michigan who has helped his students get over these hurdles early in life. One of his class assignments is to write to local businesses and make “outlandish” requests.
The teacher’s primary intention in making this assignment is to encourage students to make letter-writing fun. So, in addition to making the outlandish request, his students are to tell something personal about themselves and explain their project. The strange and interesting thing is that the kids usually get what they have asked for. Some of the requests from businesses that have been granted include a month’s supply of chocolate milk and a lifetime supply of french-fries.
Thus besides providing the students with an inventive, fun writing assignment, the teacher contributes hands-on experience in one of life’s important lessons. That no matter how outrageous you might perceive your wishes to be, you might as well ask as you just might receive the very thing you desire. It never hurts to ask!
What is it you want to ask for? Often we feel we must ask a specific person or business to fulfill our desire, but the truth is that you can go straight to the Universe. We live in a quantum field of energy that is ever ready to receive your request. Much like a shipping clerk that processes orders as they arrive, the Universe unequivocally, non-judgmentally, and unconditionally fills your requests whether they are positive or negative. That means if you are continuously thinking of getting sick, it processes that as an order. Or, if you are concentrated on experiencing joy in every aspect ofv life, it unerringly provides that opportunity.
If you were placing an order on-line – Amazon.com for instance – you would be responsible for ordering the exact item you wanted. If you placed an order for a different book or shirt than the one you desire, that is what you will get. Thus, the concept of being clear and definite in your desire is relevant.
Often, when I ask people what they want, they tell me “I don’t want to work long hours, and I don’t want a demanding boss.” It can be a bit like pulling hair to get some folks to confess, “what I want is to work three days a week and have a positive work community.” Whew, now was that hard?
I think the resistance comes from the idea that it is not okay to ask for help or to want at all. Yet, nothing happens until you get clear on your desire. So, what do you want? Can you state it in clear terms so that a shipping clerk will know exactly what to send your way? “I want a lovely, fun-filled vacation in Hawaii.” “I choose a healthy, vibrant body that exudes well-being.” “I decree abundant creativity as I take on my next project.” “I choose fun, laughter, and joy as I journey forth in each day.” See it is not so hard. What do you want?
Jean Walters is a best-selling author, Transformational Coach, Akashic Record Reader. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformaitona.com or 314 991 8439. Website: www.spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-11735862880388561952018-10-11T13:05:00.001-07:002018-10-11T13:05:46.623-07:00Get Your Ego Out of the Way to Succeed BIGExcellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle
We can often do more for others by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs. Francois Fenelo
In our fear-based world there are many rules. Most of these are designed around the idea of survival. The interesting thing is that no one is going to survive. Nevertheless our instruction is to focus on the future, plan for it, and save for it. There is nothing inherently wrong with putting money aside and not spending every penny you make on sensory gratification (cars, costumes, accruements, chocolate). What is wrong is the continual focus on the future that keeps you from being present NOW.
ure, if there is one, comes out of the present. What you do, think, and act on today will extend into tomorrow. But often by making the future the goal, we don’t invest in the present - our own state of affairs – what we are doing, accepting, and believing right now.
This article is called get your ego out of the way for a reason. It is your egoic self (personality and sense of separateness from everyone and everything else) that has adopted a set of beliefs that keeps you focused in the past (guilt, remorse, why did I do that, say that, etcetera) and in the future (what if this or that happens) which, more than likely, will never happen anyway. Either way you are not present NOW.
Thus we do our tribal planning for the traditional life - safe, comfortable, normal, not necessarily innovative, expansive or love-focused. People become entranced with their tribal traditions. (This could mean Germans do this, Italians believe that. Latinos follow these customs and Aborigines follow those. Some dance at funerals, while other are somber. Some groups believe you are to put food out for the dead, and others rotate crops in a particular way, or celebrate when the rain comes. Some might worship a rock and others believe it is important to sacrifice a goat to insure prosperity. These are tribal customs and beliefs. Man made them up; God did not.
Every person has a dream. Something in their soul – a desire, an image, a hunch, a special interest, that is the key to their soul’s desire. But many are afraid to give it credence because it doesn’t fit the society norm r expectations of the traditional life – college, marriage, buy a home, children, good job, 401K, pension, retirement, die. We laud people who put their children first and deny their own happiness without realizing what consequences that particular model sets up for the kids. (Either entitlement or continued sacrifice.) Thus the pattern continues and the tribe expands and the beliefs get stronger.
Then someone, a maverick perhaps, steps out of the tribal circle and says, I choose to go my own way and follow my dream. So he skips college, digs into his interest, perhaps starts a business, invents something, becomes an artist or musician, or nomad, develops a product, or innovates in some way. He begins his soul journey. This is a precarious position because when he changes the norms, he gets to deal with the ego and all its judgments. In other words, the maverick (or you) better stay strong, focused, and undeterred.
Here is how it works. Your Inner Guide (Soul, Spirit, the Universe, God) is not happenstance. To be sure, you are not given a desire without also having the inherent talent and ability to fulfill it. Thus in stepping from the tribal group, and getting ready to be outrageous, you must be ready to take Spirit as your partner. It is your friend, comfort, and stability. This means that you as this innovative maverick no longer needs to heed useless traditional thinking and beliefs that serve no purpose or benefit anyone. That’s right – no more goat sacrifices and you can rotate the crops whatever way makes sense to you. Now, the independent maverick can give full focus to the urgings of the soul. That is when anything is possible.
Authors, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson’s book, Chicken Soup for the Soul was rejected 144 times before a publisher finally read it, loved it, and published it. They did not doubt their vision or determination to get their book published. Their idea was to sell over a million copies by the second year of publication. They held no limitation as to its popularity. As it happened, Chicken Soup for the Soul was re-written into 149 variations and sold all over the world. It ultimately became a billion dollar industry. Yet they were told NO a lot.
Another incredibly popular book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach went through the same process. It was rejected numerous times and finally published to become a New York Times Bestseller for many weeks. Many years later it is still a well-read book about living your dream.
The issue, as you can imagine, is that visionaries create and often it is the traditional folks with their eye on the bottom line, who make the decisions. Yet, with persistence, someone gets the message and is willing to invest.
We are continually faced with decisions large and small. All are important because they set you up for fulfilling your dream and your purpose in life. Think of each as another step along your journey.
Marissa worked at a corporation for 30 years. This company had been bought and sold several times and with each new management team the corporate environment got darker, more demanding, and more negative. Because Marissa was a loyal person, took pride in her work, and wanted to stay at the company until she retired, she stayed and stayed and accommodated every change and each new leader until she finally broke under the pressure and quit her job.
For over 30 years Marissa had practically walked on water to get her job done. She had become a human dynamo with accrued skills, talents, resources, and a huge database of associates all available for her own use. Yet, because she had stayed so long and was so loyal to them instead of herself, she had sacrificed her health and her energy and spirit was depleted.
After about a year away from the turmoil, Marissa was feeling stronger, healthier and beginning to retrieve her energy. This is when she began playing around developing a logo and idea for a small business. She wanted to help people create ease and beauty in their homes and lives. It was to be a service business providing assistance with gardening, party planning, sprucing up people’s homes, getting organized, and other such things. Her timing was impeccable and the concept had incredible potential. The problem was that Marissa saw it only as a nice little side business while she envisioned herself as an employee working in another corporation and continuing to fund her 401K. Marissa had programmed her mind to be at the mercy of employers when she had the skills to be an entrepreneur.
Another problem was that Marissa was smarter, savvier, and more talented than the requirement of the positions she sought. She no longer fit in to those jobs. Her tribal beliefs were: you work hard for someone else, put others first, pay off your house, and put money away and some day you will get to live. In other words, her attention was focused on everyone and everything other than herself and definitely not in the present moment.
Marissa was so locked into traditional thinking, she did not even realize that she had a dream – her own business – and she also had the tools and resources to make it successful.
When I saw her, she was devastated that she had failed at finding a new corporate job and she was mortified that she had been unable to fund her retirement for a whole year. In her mind, she was a failure!
Marissa lived in the future in “good girl” mentality – in the ego. She had to step out of her grief to see the bigger picture. In her life she had asked for guidance from God, Jesus, and all things spiritual. Yet, when the guidance came she could not recognize it because it did not fit her picture. What she was really asking for was guidance to continue in her traditional way. Guess what, God/ the Universe does not hold man’s traditions sacred. It is not the way Spirit works. You want help – here is help. That job is not for you; nor that one, or that one.
All was not gloom and doom in that there were people waiting to help Marissa. She had to get her pride (ego) out of the way. Finally she woke up to the understanding that God/ Spirit/ Universe had been assisting her all along the way. She had received answers to her prayers. She had created the dream, the resources and the customer base to manifest a wildly successful business and have a blast doing it. She finally got to work for someone who could and would appreciate her expertise – herself.
The moral of the story is God has Its own solutions and ways of helping. Don’t go to God and declare I want this and it has to happen this way and with that person. Because you just might hear giant peals of laughter rolling through the heavens. Bottom line: God’s way is a better way. Get your ego out of the way.
Jean Walters is a best selling author, Transformational Coach, and Akashic Reader. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439. Have a great day!
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-60691944000021783112018-10-04T10:35:00.001-07:002018-10-04T10:35:22.970-07:00Discover Your Limits Have you ever wondered what your true capabilities are? According to philosopher, Goethe, “Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now.”
Often, we are taught to play it safe. Don’t risk failure. Take the easy route. Do what you’ve always done. Yet no one discusses the risk you take by playing it safe.
The biggest risk in playing it safe is that you stay small and mediocre. Yet there is something within everyone that wants more.
You know that children feel this desire to stretch their potential when you observe their incessant curiosity and sense of adventure. They explore the world with abandon. “I wonder what’s on that top shelf.” They speculate what it is like to climb to the top of the tree and then they climb it. They marvel at the intricacies of a new game or adventure and then they jump into it. They consider momentarily what the new kid in the neighborhood might be like and then rush off to invite him to “ride bicycles, or play ball.” They ponder an idea and then enthusiastically take action.
Embracing new sights, places, opportunities and friends is how children expand their worlds. As the process unfolds, they take on bigger challenges and tackle larger obstacles. And we encourage and applaud them. Why don’t we do the same with ourselves. After all, this process of discovery is how a person realizes the extent of his capabilities. It is not by shrinking from challenges, but by taking them on. We push farther, go over the next hill, learn a new skill, try on a new experience. It is the way all advances are made in the world. As we enter that which is not known, we open ourselves to possibilities and discoveries that we may never have considered.
So, what is your next adventure? What would you like to learn next? The worst possibility is that you decide you don’t care for the new restaurant or sport; the best is that you open to a new part of yourself you never before knew existed. Either way, you win!
“We only learn our limits by going beyond them.” Anonymous
Jean Walters is a Transformational Coach, Akashic Reader, Best Selling Author, and teacher of Personal Development classes. You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439 website: http://www.spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-85642206272810163852018-09-13T11:48:00.000-07:002018-09-13T11:48:16.818-07:00The Power of Focus - How to Move MountainsIs it time to make changes… to shift your focus? Perhaps you need a larger picture, and the confidence to do what needs to be done no matter what. The process is transformative. Much like the caterpillar spinning a chrysalis to prepare for new life in the form of a butterfly, you are about to return to the memory of innocence, when life was fascinating and everything possible. It is your pure state of spiritual connection and knowing. It is the beginning.
Babies find life fascinating. Every color and shape draws delighted smiles and coos – sometimes even screams of delight.
As they grow, babies scramble to discover what hides in the wastebasket or on top of the shelf. They climb with abandon, seeking the next fascination. Hands in soap, mud or spit up – it is all the same -- a texture to explore or taste. They listen, touch, taste and smell. It is their process. They are unconfined by convention. Nor are they littered with mental constructs of limitation and fear. The inner need to discover, experiment, and experience is the freedom of the soul and this drive is alive within you as well. Returning to Spiritual freedom is our quest!
As we develop, we learn through play. Children know how to play. They jump out of bed and know just what to do. Whether it is to challenge their friend to a game of skipping pebbles across the pond, or build a fort, or climb a tree, they are driven to adventure and their minds are open for what comes next. Children are beautiful, uncluttered, innocent and without knowledge. Yet, excited and willing to learn. They are shameless and guiltless in their urge for discovery.
Before a child is programmed with the need for specific results, they approach life as a grand vista of opportunity – an adventure. What happens to dissuade this desire to venture into the unknown? What happens to daunt the spirit of curiosity? How did we forget to ask: What lies over the next hill? How do I get there?
When do we lose the desire to enter the unidentified, and become enamored instead with the concept of safety? How did we buy into the idea of building some sort of kingdom to hide in and imagine life as a dangerous foe to battle and resist?
So we ask, what is the way to relearn what it is to live expansively in the way of a child and open to the magic of curiosity, optimism and possibility? This is what we seek as we explore practices and techniques to achieve mastery, knowing, and connection.
Directing your powerful mind is the key and the most important element in constructing this skill of on-going, never-failing connection. Your mind has the power to move mountains. When Jesus instructed his followers to have faith the size of a mustard seed, he meant to have focused mental control so that when you fix on a goal, you are assured of achieving it.
When you set this resolve, the field of energy in which you live (the Quantum Field) has no alternative but to do your bidding. That means when you set your focus on limitation, it follows your bidding unerringly. Thus, whatever you focus on (positive or negative), you will achieve. What is it you truly want? On what are you willing to maintain focus?
Jean Walters is a Transformational Coach, Akashic Reader, Best Selling Author, and Speaker. To get her newsletter sign up at http://www.spiritualtransformation.com or jean@spiritualtransformation.com or 314 991 8439Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-48611146315681672842018-09-12T11:45:00.000-07:002018-09-12T11:45:35.081-07:00
Blog: Is this enough for me? (Tranformational Story)
Dweisi Mfume appeared to be an ordinary child when, at eleven,
his step dad, abandoned the family. Then when he was sixteen, his mother died of cancer. That is when his life spun out of control.
Mfume quit school and went to work to help support his sisters. He worked as many as three jobs in a single week. He also began started hanging out on street corners drinking with friends.
“I ran with the worst people and I became the leader, he recalled in U.S. News and World Report,
"I was even locked up a couple of times on suspicion of theft because I happened to be young and black. And before I knew it, I was a teenage parent, not once but five times."
Yet Mfume's life took a radica turn on a July night in the late 1960s. He had been drinking with his friends when suddenly he began to feel strange. "People were standing around playing dice and everything else, and something just came over me," he remembered. "I said, 'I can't live like this anymore.' And I walked away." Mfume spent the rest of the night in prayer.
That is when his new life began and he proceeded to earn his high school diploma and pursue a college degree. Mfume went on to earn a graduate degree from John Hopkins University. Then he was elected to the Baltimore City Council, and then Congress. As a congressman, Mfume became one of the most well known African American politicians in Washington, DC. His next position was president of the NAACP.
Kweisi Mfume.was the name he adopted in the early 1970s in an effort to connect with his African roots. His Aunt had traveled to Ghana and suggested the name. It is a phrase that translates as “conquering son of kings.”
Mfume's story is your story and my story. No matter what our beginnings, we have within us a conqueror, not of people, but of ourselves. At some point, we must ask, “Is this enough? Am I fulfilling my destiny? And, like Mfume, we may decide to alter our identity and take a new path in order to do it.
The question is: Is this enough? You have the answer.
Jean Walters is a tranformational coach and Akashic Reader for 40 years. She is author of best selling book: Be Outrageous: Do the Impossible - Others have and you can too! Also Dreams and the Symbology of Life (workbook for interpreting your dreams) by Jean Walters-Lucy
You an reach her at 314 991 8439 or jean@spiritualtransformation.comJean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-73841899315992361562018-09-12T11:42:00.001-07:002018-09-12T11:42:07.033-07:00My Trip to John of God
Martin Luther King Jr. said he went to the top of the mountain and saw the glory and was changed. In a similar way I went to the Casa Dom Inacio in Brazil and experienced life as it is supposed to be. It was also transformational.
The Casa (house), which is located in Abadiania, Brazil, is home to Joao de Deus (John of God) an internationally renowned spiritual healer. It is Joao and his many tireless volunteers’ purpose to bring healing to the masses and this is accomplished each week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It is on those days that thousands of people from all over the world arrive at the Casa. They seek respite from mental, emotional, and physical pain, confusion, addiction, illness and disease (cancer, tumors, headaches, paralysis and so on).
My visit was in July 2018. My objective in going to the Casa was to deepen my spiritual connection and experience. The result was a shift in awareness that occurred almost immediately upon entering the serenity of the Casa grounds. It was like entering a cocoon of love where transcendence takes place, not unlike a caterpillar gestating to become a butterfly. Giving in to the process was easy, joyful and heartfelt.
I was also taken back as I viewed hundreds of people, children and babies quietly waiting their turn to be in front of the healer. Peace was in the air. There were no harsh words, impatience, or dissension anywhere or in anyone. People moved quietly while dozens, perhaps a hundred, others sat in meditation.
The mediums and meditators provided an important service for they established a high vibrational energy current that allowed the entities that incorporate in to John of God to do their healing work. These entities are previously incarned exalted masters, teachers, and healers. (Saint Germain, Dr. Augusto Almeida, Jesus, Saint Francis of Assisi, King Solomon, Dom Inacio, and others. Approximately 60 in number.) Their energy vibration is high and the meditators support Medium Joao’s ability to maintain their incorporation.
The energy throughout the Casa and grounds is profoundly peaceful and loving. There are gardens and an overview where you can gaze out over the surrounding countryside. There are benches where dozens of people sit in reverie or meditation.
With each day the crowd grew to thousands. Some were clearly afflicted, children with birth defects, and others weak with illness.
Because of the high-energy vibration at the Casa, it felt like you were under a protective umbrella or a spell and there was but one purpose – love. I found it easy to give up pressing goals and schedules and relax in peace. What a huge contrast from the rush-rush of the western world.
There was a special place to pray called a “prayer triangle” (the three sides of the triangle stood for faith, love, and charity). People lined up to pray there leaving behind written requests for assistance. This special triangle represents a portal to an inner dimension where spiritual help is readily available.
The environment of pure unconditional love was stunning, amazing, and even a bit shocking. It was akin to glimpsing the world the way it is supposed to be and the way it would eventually evolve to become.
Within the energetic environment, there were profound changes occurring beneath the surface. The folks that showed up with healing and prayer requests from countries around the world took their turn to go before the medium, John of God, and they received interventions. Some were healed immediately and others who were working through deep, layered issues took longer. All healings were accomplished with the willingness of the individual to do his part. That meant to own his part of the problem whether that be a negative attitude, unforgiveness, self-hatred, addiction, or whatever. The entities see deep into the soul of each person and know what must be done.
Incorporation can be a few seconds or a few hours. The stream of people in line that go before the entity measures up to 2000-3000 in a day.
Medium Joao has no judgment toward anyone and turns no one away. This means sometimes he works into the night. He is also uncompromising in not taking payment for the healings. He knows that all healing comes from God and his part if offering his body as a vehicle for transferring energy to the afflicted.
The entity that is incorporated sees past, present, and future of each person. He recognizes the disharmony and its cause and the correction must take place on every level. In other words, the body displays symptoms that result from fear, wrong thinking, anger, past karma, or misunderstanding. For that reason healing must occur on all levels – mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical.
The volunteer staff that keeps the operation flowing and smooth suggest you ask yourself, Why do you want to be at the casa? What brings you here? And are you willing to do your work – to let go of hatred, prejudices, jealousy, victimhood, self-pity – all the negative emotions and misunderstandings that have displaced the perfection of the physical body and shown up in illness, disease and paralysis.
If you are willing to become an open slate (clear space) for the entities to work, healing occurs. Sometimes it takes more than one visit to reconstruct a deformed or diseased body just as it took a long time to create such a disability.
All illness, emotional upset, even spirit possession starts from erroneous thought. People then attempt to heal the physical manifestation without even dealing with its cause. That is why cancer can be healed physically and it returns. Its mental-emotional origin has never been dealt with.
As you approach, the entities know who you are energetically, what you have experienced, and what you must do now.
Because true healing occurs at deep levels of consciousness, I personally went through a variety of physical symptoms. At times I was quite ill. Yet through the experience I felt myself passing through many doors as I processed the changes occurring in my inner world. It was a bit of a crash course of awareness – the fast track, if you will. I was prepared for these changes. I wanted them. I had been doing research, and spiritual work, readings and even some mediumship for decades. So, I knew that I was being rebuilt from the inside out. I wondered how others who had not had the same exposure managed but I knew the entities work with each person individually for who he is and his level of understanding. That is what unconditional love is all about.
My experience was a manifestation of my desire to grow to deepest spiritual connection with God. During the two weeks I spent in Abadiania, I felt my self being reconstructed. This awareness was confirmed with a vision prior to my departure to return home to St. Louis. My vision was of me unzipping and stepping out of my old self and into a new self. I was thrilled, as I knew it meant that I had accomplished my goal.
When I returned home, I was a different person. My heart was opened. I was and am continually connected to the deep essence of love I discovered in Abadiania. It is my choice to live in this space and share it. That is what this story is really all about. Love exists. There are exalted people living in that space. The world is transforming and you can too.
Jean Walters is a best selling author of Be Outrageous: Do the Impossible - Others have and you can too! and Set Yourself Free: Live the Life you were meant to Live! available on Amazon.com Also, Dreams and the Symbology of Life by Jean Walters-Lucy. She is a transformational coach and Akashic Reader. You can reach her at 314 991 8439 or jean@spiritualtransformation.com
Jean Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313739022299770922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3798723709679018023.post-62935653183383423092018-07-12T16:09:00.001-07:002018-07-12T16:09:31.657-07:00Truth PowerIf you have ever fallen flat on your face or felt like a failure, you might want to remember this story because it involved a fellow who had the same experience. He was the pride of his wealthy parents who provided every advantage including the best schools, a law degree and even introductions to prominent people. Yet, beyond that, it was up to him to prove his mettle by becoming a capable lawyer. He had a terrible time in the courtroom. Easily overwhelmed, he was unable to stand up to opposition. His shyness and fear brought him to a wretched state of suffering, when finally he realized that there were people far worse off than he. That is when he began to turn himself around for it was then that he realized he could help alleviate the distress of others.
It was at this point, when he took his focus off his own miseries, that he began developing a new philosophy called “Truth Power”. Through this philosophy, he was able to lead his native India to independence from the unfair treatments practiced under British law. His name was Mohandas or Mohatma Ghandi.
In developing the philosophy of Truth Power, Gandhi incorporated the concepts he learned as a child when his father educated him in the importance of courage, generosity, and unwavering adherence to the principles of morality and truth. At the same time, his mother demonstrated gentleness, modesty, consideration, and the flexible strength that enables one to overcome through yielding. Both parents taught that if you want positive results, you must be positive, and that goodness, demonstrated persistently, triumphs over evil, even though it may seem to take time.
Gandhi claimed that Truth Power would overcome opponents by changing them with respectful patient persistence – transforming them, not annihilating them. Repeatedly, he was told it would not work. Again and again, despite overwhelming odds, it did. In India, it led to democratic reforms; unification of political territories, parties; stopped civil war; revived home industries; emancipated the ‘untouchables’ from an unjust caste system; and freed the nation from British rule.
What is your truth power? If you were to take your attention off yourself and face the world, what issue would you like to change? Do you have the courage to take a step in that direction?
Jean Walters is a Transformational Life Coach, Akashic Record Reader, best selling author, and teacher for 40 years. You can find her books on Amazon.com Be Outrageous: Do the Impossible - Others Have and YOU can too! - Set Yourself Free: Live the Life YOU were meant to Live! - Dreams and the Symbology of Life by Jean Walters-Lucy You can reach her at jean@spiritualtransformation.com
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