Cultivating the your Dream Seeds

Everyone is given seeds that are able to grow into the garden of their dreams.  When they see their neighbor's garden growing, there's a rush to see what's going on.   In fact, entire industries have been built around the trading of other people's gardens.  People are hired, sales teams sell, vendors compete for the chance to work in someone else's garden.  

There are seeds that grow into private gardens, seeds that are best sellers, and seeds that grow into happy families.  The biggest hindrance on discovering your own seeds is the fascination with the garden of others. 

When you plant your own garden, have faith that your seeds will grow.  One must have patience, persistence, and focus for a fruitful garden.  Too much or too little attention will not allow the plants to grow properly.  As we care for the seeds, we must be willing to allow the time and space it needs to grow.  We must envision the plants becoming fruitful.

~HOE

Ralph Waldo Emerson says:
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one single acorn."

Bette Bao Lord says:
"Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season."

Bill Meyer says:
"Every thought is a seed.  If you plant crab apples, don't plan on harvesting golden delicious."

                                                            

Just for today, I will do my work honestly

Another of the reiki principles. 
~I support myself and my family respectably, without harming others.
~I live a life of honor and it reflects in everything that I do.
~When I work honestly, I bring abundance into my soul.
~Everyday, I work hard and to best of my ability.  Somedays my hardest and best may differ and that is OKAY!
~To live and work honestly is to be aligned with your higher self's purpose.
~By living and working honestly, I live a more harmonious life.
                                                
                                              

Mary Kay Ash says:
"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Liane Cordes says:
"Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence- is the key to unlocking your potential."

Lowell Thomas says:
"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can."

~Reiki Principle of Namaste~

Namaste is a greeting of high honor, a way to acknowledge your elders or offer respect.  It is a Sanskrit word that translates to
"I honor the place within you where the entire universe resides.  I honor the place within you where lies your love, your truth, your peace, and your beauty.  If you are in this place within yourself and I am this place, we are one."
                                           
In western society, people have been prepped and trained to believe that we are not one with each other.  That we are individuals and what we do as individuals does not effect anyone but ourselves....This thought has lead to conflict, hatred, prejudice, separation, and fear.  We are in fact all inter-connected.  Some thing that I think, say, or do can in fact effect someone a 100 miles away as much as the person standing right next to me.  When I have an adverse thought or feeling, others pick up on it.  When I feel good, the same occurs.  This is because we are all on the same plane of existence, the same vibration.  

When you look at a stranger, you are looking at your brother.  You are looking at yourself.  How would you like to be treated?  Do you want to be respected, loved, smiled at, fed, clothed......There is no separation between you and the homeless man on the corner, there is no difference between you and the cashier.  Be generous and kind to "strangers" as if they were you mother, brother, or sister. 

We are all here for a reason.  Honor and respect that although they are not doing what you would do, or being how you would be, but maybe you were once in a similar situation.  Scared, confused, bewildered, ignorant....Focus on the divine spark within all you meet.  Do not look at what they present to you at a first glance.  The state of what they are now is a reflection of their past history.  The past is over and is an illusion.  Look towards their inner light.  See them as whole and complete.  Do not judge, simply love.  When you look at others in love, you are helping them ascend into who they are truly meant to be.  When you look at others in love and light, you are also helping yourself become enlightened and complete.  When you look at others as complete, you are helping heal and change the world. 
 ~Namaste

Chief Seattle says:
"All things share the same breath- the beast, the tree, the man, the air shares the spirit of all the life it supports."

Black Elk says:
"The first peace, which is the most important,is that which comes in the soul of people when they realize their relationships, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that all the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."

Larry Dossey says:
"When we our focus is toward a principle of relatedness and oneness, and away from fragmentation and isolated, health ensues."

Power of Thoughts

~My thoughts are live vibrational waves sent out into the universe.  What I think will be brought back to me.  I choose to think positive, loving, beautiful thoughts so that I may receive their power back to me at full force.  When I ask I shall receive, but what is it that I am asking for?  I choose to be conscience of every thought.

~I must always remember, I am more powerful than I could have ever imagined!  My thoughts can be transferred from one person to another by simply thinking.....My thoughts can be brought into fruition by simply thinking!

~I have full access to the informational power of past masters through their akashic records.  All I have to do is be still and wait patiently for the information to come to me.  I have every answer I have ever needed or wanted by just being still and waiting.

~Your thoughts are your most powerful weapons.  Will you use yours to help or to hurt?  When I think about the negatives in my life I am actually viewing the past as the present.  I am holding myself and others to where they WERE.  Not where the ARE currently.  When I view myself and others as they are, I am freeing them and myself from the past. 

~A desire stimulates a thought; a thought embodies itself as an act. An act is represented the web of destiny....The web of destiny reacts with presenting me with what my original desire is.  GOOD OR BAD!  Now, that's powerful!

~If you give seeds water and fertilizers they grow into healthy and strong plants. Thoughts, like seeds, have a natural power and a tendency to grow and manifest on the material level if they are fed with attention and interest.

Parahomhansa Yogananda says:
"Bring into play the mighty power within you so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your highest destined role."

Anna Freud says:
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within, it was there all the time."

H. Jackson Brown says:
"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."

                                                                             

Word of the Day~ Mastery

~I am the master of my thoughts and emotions.  I do not let my idle mind get in the way of  my success. I rise above instincts and conscience thoughts.

~I am a master creator.  My creations are genius and come directly from creator.  I use my creativity to solve problems with ease.

~I am the master of an open heart.  I do not allow past ideas to turn my head from wisdom and truth.

~ I am master of words.  The power of my words stimulates and uplifts others.  I communicate thoroughly and effectively. 

Jesus says:
"He who rules the spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a city."

Friedrich Nietzsche says:
"Mastery. - We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in achievement"

                                                  

Lighten Up

Lighten up and get the life experience that you truly desire! 

How many times has the outcome you want no happened due to being close minded/hearted?
How many possible friendships and learning experiences have passed you by because you didn't want to allow it to just happen?  I have to gently remind myself sometimes to take a deep breathe and relax...go with the flow~~~

So, what are you afraid of?  What holds you back? 

Silly fears that didn't mean anything use to hold me back from what I wanted to be doing with my life, until I released them and gave them to my creator to handle.  So many heartaches, trials, and tribulations stood in my way, because I let them.  With just one simple act of faith, letting go and releasing the old trauma, I am on a much healthier and happier path. 

Freedom rings true to those who take an active roll in their lives.  Freedom from chaos, cynicism, doubts,  heartache....can you imagine?  With just letting go and opening up to the possibilities.

Many people think they are stuck...at the dead-end job, low income, bad relationships....You have the power to change and make life better by just deciding to allow and be in the flow of what life wants for you. 

So, Act! Act now on your dreams and visions.  There is no better time than the present!

Mary Manin Morrissey says:
"You block your dreams when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith."

Shirley Mclaine says;
"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends."

Affirmation for lightening up:
     I release the past and welcome the now as it presents itself.  I let go of control and allow myself to be an open vessel for creator's good and abundant blessings!  I act now on what my heart desires!

Word of the day~TRUST

The word trust has the same root as true and tree, it comes from an old Nordic word meaning "hard wood".  So it really means strong, durable, and real. 

In our lives, people have lied to us, treated us with disrespect, and mistrusted us.  For many people, one of these acts would shut them down from a positive relationship forever.  For others, they keep on trusting even if it brings them harm. 

Trust yourself:  rely on  your senses, your intelligence, your experience, and your knowledge to provide the information you need to make the right decisions.   Trusting self also means to be honest with yourself about your feelings.  If you don't trust yourself, you can't trust anyone.  Remember, you know more than you think you do. 

There is a little voice inside of us that encourages us to do amazing things...trust this voice not to fail you. 

Trust others: going beyond our personal fears, communicating what we want, and asking for clarification if something is different from what we expected.

We must remember to trust people to be whom they actually are, not whom we expect them to be. This one thought could change the way we look at every relationship we've ever had.


Ralph Waldo Emerson says:
" Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."

"Trusting self is the first secret to success."

Just for today, Be kind to others

Another of the reiki principles is Just for today, be kind to others. 


~Honor your parents, honor your teachers, honor your elders.  
~Being kind brings love into the will. 
~In this world it is easy to loose ourselves when we are not kind to others and honor them.  
~There is no difference between self and others in the universal dimension.
~This principle is a lesson of karma.  When we are kind to others, we get kindness in return.  
~Being kind to others can help change world.

Mother Teresa says:
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.  Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.


Mark Twain says:
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

Just for today, Do not worry

Just for today, I will not worry.  This is another of the reiki principles.  Releasing worry brings healing to the body and soul.  We live in a society of possible endless worries...will the bills be paid on time, what so and so saying about me, am I smart enough, good enough.....let those mindless thoughts go.  Give them to your creator to handle so that you may do what you were sent here to do.

Worrying is a form of stress on the body and can bring on many ailments that can lead to serious dis-eases. 
Worrying is a focus on illusion.  What you are worrying about is not real.  It is often caused by not having all the facts, trust issues, or fear of the unknown. 

Take 20 minutes a day to relax and meditate.  Find out the facts of what worries you.  
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. 

Ben Franklin says:
"Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen.  Keep in the sunlight. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson says:
"Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you endured
From the evil which never arrived."

Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things" says: 
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. 

Affirmation for worry:
I am now free from things that are beyond my control. I now focus on generating optimistic and kind thoughts and my life begins to flow in a more positive direction.

Just for today, Do not anger

Just for today, do not anger is one of the reiki principles.  Using this simple phrase can change your life, one day at a time.  How often do we get angry or upset at strangers or family members for no reason?  While driving, while in the store....What did these people do to anger us?  Will it matter in ten years?  If we just start with today, eventually, there will be no anger everyday.  Accept the humility in others.  You don't have to like the choices others make but don't continue hurting yourself by continuing to condemn others. 

Anger causes stress.  Who really wants stress in their lives?  Releasing the anger you hold will ultimately let go of the stresses in your life.  Anger takes you away from love.  Let go of anger and you will find more love in your life.  Anger only punishes yourself, not others.

Catherine Ponder says:
"When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free."
Korean Proverb:
If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot.

 

Word of the Day~ Judge

~All judgements are based on fear.
~When I judge someone I am not living in the moment, I am living in the past.
~When I judge others, I am not satisfied with myself.
~When I judge others, I am missing out on a potential good experience.

Thor Heyerdahl says:

"Circumstances cause us to act the way we do.  We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others."

Joy Page says:

"You are all things.  Denying, rejecting, judging, or hiding from any aspect of you total being creates pain and results in a lack of wholeness."

A reiki principle:

Just for today, do not judge.