“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” –Oscar Wilde
Drawing on techniques and perspectives from two seemingly different traditions (Western medicine and Eastern philosophy), this self-help classic offers a powerful and profound approach to overcoming anxiety, fear and panic. It reveals your own potential for presence and stillness, kindness and compassion—and the tremendous power these states give you to heal and transform your life. This step-by-step program provides the mechanism for managing the body’s anxiety and fear system; develops a healing mindfulness practice one breathe at a time and shows you how to feel safe while opening to fearful and anxious feelings. If you find yourself operating in a state of fear and anxiety much of the time, this book provides welcome relief.
You can find this book at www.Manifestbooks.com
Animal Magnetism
Animals are a great source of inspiration in your Conscious Creation process. And they are a wonderful trigger for your visioning process. For example, if you see a hawk drifting over you, then envision yourself flying free, wafting over the air streams, nothing to hold you down. Give yourself the sensation of being totally uplifted and without worry. Breathe into it and let your emotions soar. Puppies and kittens are perfect to envision unconditional love and playfulness, traits that we all long to enhance in our lives. Bunnies (like the white cottontails we have here in the
Conejo
Valley
) represent lovableness and curiosity. Butterflies should trigger the essence of graceful beauty. As you encounter creatures in the animal kingdom, allow them to inspire your visions of Conscious Creation to heighten the feelings and the traits you desire to instill in your life.
Let Go of the Past Before You Bring It Into the Future
7 Steps to Create an Unhindered Future
While the past holds great memories for us as human beings, it is also a minefield for many. That mental landscape has hidden booby traps and ambushes that we don’t realize are there or surprise us at unexpected moments. Our long-buried memories can often establish beliefs and behavior patterns that rule our lives, our relationships and the way we navigate the world, even though we are unaware of them. Easily recalled memories are vivid because they remind us of painful experiences of rejection and hurt that forced us to unconsciously build elaborate walls to protect against future pain.
The past is a place where we often get stuck. When we allow it to dominate our thinking, out motivation and our actions—or even subliminally do these things—we are limited and constrained in our lives, mired right where we are. No matter how hard you try to step out of the muck, it always sucks you back in. The past is a dangerous place to live.
And here’s where it even gets more scary. If you hold onto the past, you will bring it into the future!
If you are visualizing and vibrating the energy of the past, if you are focusing on the negative past experiences in your life, you will manifest more of them in the future. People often wonder why they pick the same type of boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, then this is a great place to start looking for explanations. If you are focusing on what went wrong in the past, your energy will draw in more things that can go wrong in the future. If you are remembering all the slights and the rejections of old, you are destined to experience more slights and rejections in the future. That’s what you are vibrating.
Remember, what you think you create!
So leave your negative past at the door! If you want to create a vibrant, happy, unlimited future for yourself, you must start with today as the first day of creation. You must focus on happy, loving, fulfilling memories that enhance your life and you can re-create anew in the future. Happy memories raise your personal frequency so that you can create more of the same going forward.
Or you can simply live with optimism and faith in a grand future, allowing it to unfold on your waves of positive energy. Don’t burden the future with the negative energy and thoughts from before. Let it be clean, open and expansive. Release the future from anything that will bog it down, and keep you stuck.
So here are a few steps you can take to sweep out those old memories, before they can infect your future:
So move forward with joy and optimism, unhindered by the past. Go boldly into the future!
How often have you obsessed over something, or felt that you were in the grip of emotions that had you in a vice? Guy Finley’s best selling book, The Secret of Letting Go is masterpiece of instruction for those who are ready and willing to let go. The book offers remedies for conquering stress, securing your emotional freedom, clearing away obstacles, living live on your own terms, releasing your inner strength, banishing fears and negativity and dropping self-defeating behaviors. I love the titles of his three major sections: Let Go and Grow Happy, Your True Nature is High and How to Defeat What’s Defeating You. This is a great handbook for anyone wanting to achieve emotional release and freedom.
You can find this book at www.Manifestbooks.com
Who Can I Emulate?
While each of us can focus with intention on the traits we wish to develop in ourselves, some people find it difficult to sort out who they want to evolve to be. For some individuals it may be easier to look at someone else and think “That’s how I want to be!” Whether that is a close friend, someone you see on the street, a person you see on TV news, a celebrity who gives generously to causes or a Mother Theresa, other people can be your touchstone. This is not to say that you should be jealous or envious, that you should wish to be them or that you should worship them. It is only to say that people who exhibit worthy traits can be your inspiration to begin Consciously Creating those traits in yourself.
If you've ever thought of the Universe as a diner where you can order whatever you want, this book is ideal! The authors have created a fun, practical entry level book that outlines the key ideas and principles that govern the cosmos, and ways of changing your subconscious to positively shape your life. Written in a lively, energetic style with plenty of fantastic hints, hips and techniques, this book also includes an exclusive free CD, where Barbel relates some great meditations to help make dreams a reality.
You Are Enough, Always Have Been …Always Will Be by David J. Walker
Ready for pithy little book that says a lot? Here’s a wonderful short little book with down-to-earth straight talk by a man who believes we are more important than what we do. This book offers the tools to build a foundation for a strong and long-lasting self-worth. I find it interesting men are becoming the lead spokesman on this subject including Dr. Joe Rubino, when it is purportedly women who suffer the most from self-esteem issues. But these men put the lie to that theory. Men and women both have major spiritual hang-ups in this area. Here David Walker offers short esteem building chapters, followed by “Constructive Self-Talk” recommendations. This book is perfect as a gift for a man or young man who is struggling with his self-worth, and needs a few pointers to start the rebuilding process.
You can find this book at www.Manifestbooks.com
It’s So Touching…
Touching is a spiritual experience. Oftentimes people are too self conscious to touch others or let them touch you. Hugging is an occasional occurrence. But touching is a powerful exercise in Conscious Creation. It allows you to pass your love, affection, admiration, gratitude and appreciate in a visceral way. The more you touch, the more you send waves of your positive frequency out into the world. And more will boomerang back to you. So hug your neighbor. Caress the shoulder of that elderly person in your life. Kiss the children you encounter. Hold hands with your best friend. And make love by touching the face of your lover. Touch is your energy’s forward guard.
Maybe you don’t paint like the great masters or Picasso, but do you have a form of artistic or soul expression?
Each human being is an artistic and creative expression of the Universe, of the Divine and unlimited creative force. In order to be fully who we are, we must find a creative outlet. In order to fulfill our role as creative, ever expanding beings on this planet we are compelled to express ourselves in a form unique to our soul. When you are operating in this mode of creative expression, you will feel yourself fully alive, thriving and happy. That is because you are tapping that unlimited force that is coming through you.
So it behooves each of us to find one–if not many different –ways for our creativity to express itself outside of the workspace. Creativity within work is also a wonderful form of expression, but it is not the same thing. You may also not think of some of the things you do as artistic, because they are commonplace activities, but if you do them with flair, you may indeed be expressing your artistic self.
Let’s look at ways that you can release your unbounded creative spirit, and while some of these you may already doing, other ideas here may add to your creative portfolio.
Learn to play an instrument, self-teach yourself to songs on your iPod, join a band or local orchestra, record music digitally and edit it on your computer, create specialty playlists of other’s works, sing alone or sing with groups, do karaoke, take singing lessons, take ballet lessons, join an ethnic dance troop, take a ballroom dancing course, compete in dance contests, dance for fun at home where nobody sees, create your own dance and put it on YouTube.
Take up acting or go to acting classes; perform in local theatre; create a one man/woman show; read books aloud to an audience, sing with a choir, band, troop, or other group; do a showcase at a nightclub; try stand-up comedy; perform with a dance group, stage your own dance showcase, invite people to a concert you stage, orchestrate a musical review.
Take formal art instruction or just start putting images to canvas or paper. Explore various mediums—oil, pencil, acrylics, charcoal, etc. Paper sculpting and origami provide plenty of creative expression. Explore sculpting in metal, word, stone or other material.
If you’ve always had an urge to write – to express yourself through the written word — start putting pen to paper. There are more avenues than ever. You can now blog, twitter, create newsletters, write books, plays, short stories, magazine submissions or poetry.
Many people find their self expression in their homes. Looking for or creating the perfect decorative elements in a home or vacation getaway can be very artistically rewarding.
Men and women can both find terrific self-expression though traditional crafts they can do in their leisure time at home. So of these might include: furniture making, antique refinishing, needlecraft, scrapbooking, quilting, woven crafts, folk crafts, greeting cards and more
Fashion is passion for many. Girls especially get charged up about designing perfect outfits from both store bought and self-created clothing, and this love of fashion often carries into adulthood. Some ways to indulge the fashion passion include creative design, sewing, accessory making, hat creation, appliqués, sparkle application, t-shirt decorating, etc.
Jewelry design and creation is a wonderful way to show off works of your own making. Consider gemstone cutting, cabochon making, jewelry design, silver or gold smithing, beading and more.
Today with digital cameras, photography can be an easy and artistic hobby. Furthermore, digital technology and websites that offer places to show, archive and sell photos to friends and the public are making it easier for a photographic artist to get a feeling of immediate recognition.
Growing a handsome and well tended garden is an art in itself. Cultivating beautiful flowers for cutting and arranging is highly rewarding, and there are many flower arranging classes available in most communities.
Collecting in itself may be rewarding, but there is great artistry in assembling a great collection, enhancing it and then displaying it. While the number of different types of things people can collect is uncountable, here just a few of the more traditional ones: trains, dolls and dollhouses, toys, model cars, model aircraft, kites, minerals, coins, stamps, cottages/villages, holiday decorations, and animal collections, carvings and paintings. Don’t let yourself be limited to the traditional. Find what ever intrigues you and collect it! No matter how wacky some people might think it is!
While parenting in itself can be very creative, many men and women find their creative expression in activities they do with or create for their children…birthday parties, tree houses, room decor, excursion planning, storytelling, etc.
Holiday
If you were one of those kids who loved dressing up in elaborate costumes for Halloween, chances are you might get a big charge out of doing a first-rate scary display at your house, finding all the right ghouls, goblins and gravestones. Many people love decorating for the holidays, whether that’s Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, Fourth of July or a birthday party. Pick a theme and have fun!
Molding a piece of art with your hands and your talents is a great form of expression. Consider pottery, ceramics or even glass making or blowing, mosaic design, tile making or tile painting, etc.
Refurbishing antique automobiles and motorcycles, and painting them in glistening colors, bright brass, shiny chrome or searing flames is an excellent way for men to let out their inner artist.
People of both gender find great satisfaction in creating great works of art in the kitchen and in the dining table décor. There is considerable artistry in cooking, food presentation, baking, winemaking and beer brewing.
So you love your pet? Here’s another great way to be creative…dressing your dog, designing the perfect doghouse, making dog pillows, crafting the perfect cat scratching post, formulating the ideal aquarium, building a fun habitat for a small animal or bird.
Very few things are more creative than a fun themed festival…whether it’s a renaissance festival, an ethnic clan gathering, a harvest fair, a country and western music event, a food festival, etc. Find one you resonate with and join the group putting it on. Make your costume, start building the booths, and planning the plays. You will have great creative fun.
Some sports are very creative by virtue of what their followers bring to them. For
example, I know few people as creative as balloon pilots who put a great deal of
expressive effort into designing their balloons, naming them, getting the crew
jackets just right, and generating many fun ways to establish their identity in the
ballooning community and at balloon rallies or races. Sailboat enthusiasts and
vintage race cars share many of the same creative instincts.
Allow yourself to Consciously Create the opportunity to creatively express yourself. If you set the intention, you will find a path that will lead you to your ultimate soul expression.
Notes from Jackie:
Here’s a new story I love! The Associated Press reported that maybe everything isn’t quite as depressing as everyone thinks! In this “winter of discontent,” Brian Williams got tired of reporting downbeat stories on the NBC Nightly News. So he asked viewers to send in some good news from their community that the network could report. Guess what? In just two days, the network received tens of thousands of submissions. Said Williams: “I’m looking at a stack of printed emails. We have more stories that we could humanly cover if we combined all three network newscasts. It’s hit an unbelievable nerve!”
Now what good news could you be overlooking in your life? And to whom can you spread the good news? Share you good news and lets start a good news snowball!
Jackie