Dreams of Heaven...

In the movie, What Dreams May Come, heaven is shown as a bright, over saturated technicolor landscape of meadows, lush grass, beautiful flowers and green trees.  Our oh so inadequate languages have developed words for heaven; Eden, paradise, nirvana, more.  But no word can come close to the ultimate reality.  But we might ask, if the spirit world is so great what are we all doing here?  Believe or not we choose this sojourn on earth.  We forget when we come here, forget who we really are and where we came from.  But we are not lost.  Built in to humans and our cultures is the longing and the drive to remember who we are, that we are a spirit having an earthly experience.   We are also aware that no one is imprisoned on earth.  Sooner or later we all go back to where we came from.   We still make the choice to come here and have the experiences we have. 
We can make our lives better by paying attention to those longings to remember our spiritual home.  We just have to start letting go of the notion that this body and this life is all there is.   All we need is the intention to find out more and the willingness to let go. 

Seven Points for Positive Living That Work...

Here are seven points for positive living that work.  There is no special order for these ideas and they may or may not need to all be present.  You can decide that for yourself.
Gratitude:
It is amazing what gratitude can do.  Gratitude for what you say?  Gratitude for everything.   Emphasizing the positive is very helpful.  From the Morning Song from P’taah,  www.ptaah.com :  “I give thanks for the love that I am... Thank you for the gift of life that I am.... Thank you for the riches and the richness of my life....”
That is only a very small part of it.   It is very inclusive.  Try giving thanks for everything you can think of, P’taah suggests doing so as a song in your shower daily. 
Intention:
Make all that you want an intention in your life.  Think it, say it...Write it if you would like.  Here are some suggestions:  I intend to live a long life.  I intend to heal my life.  I intend to live a life free of pain, anxiety, fear.  You put in your choice.   You can only realize the power of intention by using it. 
Paying attention to the still small voice:
You can call this intuition, the voice of angels, God, whatever you like,  just know that it is that part of you that knows.  Sometimes this is only an urge, an inclination.  It has been called sychronicity.  The part of you that is in contact with Spirit, God if you wish. the part of you that is all knowing, will communicate with you if you only learn to listen and to pay attention.  
Positive Attitude:
It is not always easy to keep positive.  And if you are in a position where you are having trouble keeping positive work toward it.  Find the positive things and work to change your attitude.  You will be amazed what it can do for you. 
Acceptance:
Work to accept all things including all people.  If you can develop acceptance the negativity will flow off of you as the proverbial water off a ducks back.  Try it.  You will see that it works. 
Exercise:
The benefits of exercise have been touted for years.   Exercise such as a simple walk or yoga will do wonders.  And if you are so inclined, Dance.   You don’t have to be in a dance hall or disco to dance.  How about in front of your TV or Ipod?  Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter, talks about dancing in his song, Dance Me to the End of Love”
with these lines.”Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love”
Meditation:
There are different ideas and definitions of meditation.  It has often been said that speaking to God is prayer, listening to God is meditation.  Dance and song can be forms of meditation.  Allow yourself to be quiet for a few moments.  Allowing yourself to become mindful, really present in your life is meditation.  

Find your own variations of the above ideas but by using these seven suggestions and making a practice of them you will find that they do work.   You may even by amazed by the changes in your life.  

Your Impact on the Consciousness of All of Humanity

The more I study and ask questions the more I am led serendipitously to more information.   And my good friend is often the catalyst of these synchronizations. 
She had seen Dr. Wayne Dyer on a Public Television special and wanted to go to a bookstore to find some of his books.   Being one who loves bookstores I went with her.  It was on that trip to the bookstore that I found a book by Dr. Dyer that has started to fill in a lot information for me.  We have been told often and I have written about how what we do affects ourselves and the world around us.  Dr. Dyer in his book, “THE POWER OF INTENTION”, introduces us to the work Dr. David Hawkins.  Dr. Hawkins is a renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, and pioneer in the fields of consciousness research and spirituality.  He has conducted research on how positive energy counterbalances negative energy.  Now I don’t know how he came to these conclusions and I will only touch on them here but just two examples:  “One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy of optimism and a willingness to be nonjudgmental of others will counterbalance the negativity of 90,000 individuals who calibrate at the lower weakening levels.”  and “One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy of pure love and reverence for all life will counterbalance the negativity of 750,000 individuals who calibrate at the lower weakening levels.”  Another conclusion drawn from these studies:  Because of the negativity the entire human population would self-destruct were it not for the counteracting effects of these higher energy fields.  You can read more on this information in Dr. Hawkins book “THE EYE OF THE I”.  The section title in Dr. Dyer's book was,  “Your Impact on the Consciousness of All of Humanity”.   Need I say more?

Intention works.....

It seems lately that I have been increasingly personalizing this message.  I'm not sure if that was my original intent or not.   I do know that my intention to awaken, to become more aware of things of spirit,  has been very fruitful.  It simply amazes me the clarity and knowledge that is coming to me.    So I guess that is the message for tonight.  Intention works.  

Ask and you shall receive....

One's intention is the key to thought, creation, change.   It is important to make one's intention clear and not be involved with the method or the outcome.    Allow the universe to work out the method, just be open to do your part.   And don't worry about the outcome....   Ask and you shall receive....   The outcome may not be exactly how you envisioned it and in fact is usually better......