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April 17, 2009

"Reclaim Your True Self: Intuition is the Path" Flash Movie Podcast

Just as I did last week I thought that I would do something different this week and instead of doing a blog and podcast that I would direct you to a flash movie that I created with my colleague Susan Apollon entitled: Reclaim Your True Self: Intuition is the Path.

I feel that it best embodies what I feel that Intuition is all about.

Please go to the following link to view the movie:

http://www.intuitioniseasyandfun.com/movie.cfm

It's only 3 minutes long.

Many Blessings!

Yanni

Shift out of your mind
and enter The Land of your Soul;
there you will know
who you are
why you are
where you are
where you are going
and what to do.



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April 13, 2009

"Reclaim Your True Self: Intuition is the Path" Flash Movie

Just as I did last week I thought that I would do somethng different this week and instead of doing a blog and podcast that I would direct you to a the flash movie that I created with my colleague Susan Apollon entitled: Reclaim Your True Path: Intuition is the path.

I feel that it best embodies what I feel that Intuition is all about.

Please go to the following link to view the movie:

http://www.intuitioniseasyandfun.com/movie.cfm

It's only 3 minutes long.

Many Blessings!

Yanni

Shift out of your mind and enter The Land of your Soul;
there you will know who you are
why you are where you are
where you are going
and what to do.

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April 10, 2009

"Living From The Inside Out" Flash Movie Podcast

I thought that I would do something different this week and instead of doing a blog and podcast that I would direct you to a flash movie that I created entitled: Living From The Inside Out.

I feel that it best embodies what my work is all about.

Please go to the following link to view the movie:

http://www.insideoutjourneys.com/movie.cfm

If you can't click onto this link, please copy and paste it into your browser.

It's only 3 minutes long.

Many Blessings!

Yanni

The only real confidence is not self-confidence,
that is, confidence in your ego's delusions of superiority and importance.
True SELF-confidence is having the courage to listen to the "still, small voice within"
and then to act on its inspirations and promptings.



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April 6, 2009

"Living From The Inside Out" Flash Movie

I thought that I would do somethng different this week and instead of doing a blog and podcast that I would direct you to a the flash movie that I created entitled: Living From The Inside Out.

I feel that it best embodies what my work is all about.

Please go to the following link to view the movie:

http://www.insideoutjourneys.com/movie.cfm

If you can't click onto this link, please copy and paste it into your browser.

It's only 3 minutes long.

Many Blessings!

Yanni

The only real confidence is not self-confidence,
that is, confidence in your ego's delusions of superiority and importance.
True SELF-confidence is having the courage to listen to the "still, small voice within"
and then to act on its inspirations and promptings.

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January 23, 2009

Being "True to Your Self"--Live By Intuition and Inspiration


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January 19, 2009

Being "True to Your Self"--Live By Intuition and Inspiration

"Know Thyself!" This has been the clarion call of the Ancient Mystery Schools from time immemorial. The Schools have been meeting places for all who have wanted to come to truly "know" who they are and claim their personal Mastery. The profoundly transforming tools of Self-Mastery that were taught in the Schools have been "hidden" for millennia and up until recently available to only a select few. But they are now available to all who sincerely desire to learn them.

One of the great gifts of the times we are now living in is that we all can directly access this knowledge for ourselves. As well, we can each directly connect with the Masters that embody this wisdom/love and be guided by them into a deeper connection with our Selves/Souls. We can connect with a very powerful and a very real Internal Master Mind Group that really supports and loves us.

We can attain Mastery of our minds, emotions, body, and ego; and when we do, we can live a life that is constantly fed and inspired by the deepest levels of our Soul/Higher Self. We can live a life of Empowerment, Joy, and Love. We can be free of the limitations and myopia of the ego mind.

As Eileen Cady, the co-founder of The Findhorn Community, so elegantly stated:

Cease trying to work everything out with your mind.
It will get you nowhere.
Live your life by Intuition and Inspiration.
Let your whole life be a Revelation.

By claiming our Self-Mastery, we learn how to live in the divine flow of life--free of the fears, worries, and false beliefs that limit us. We can claim our Mastery and leave behind our old, false identities of being victims and powerless. We can directly access the wisdom of our Soul and live our lives based on its inspirations.

Self-Mastery and empowerment are the birthrights we are all entitled to. We are being called to accept our true inheritance, one in which we finally realize that we are divine Masters and co-creators of Joy.

You can uncover for yourself the mystery and majesty of who you really are. You can end your bondage to the old, false self-images and the enmeshments and entanglements of your past, and claim the power and freedom to "Be true to your Self."
You can enter the doors to the sacred temple of your Soul and find within all the wondrous beauty of Thy Self.

By learning to breathe, quiet the ego mind and listen, you, too can become a Master of your life and no longer a victim.

Small is the number of those who see with their own eyes
and feel with their own hearts.
Albert Einstein

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January 2, 2009

The Mind is a Lot Less Important than We Think It is: a Meditation


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December 29, 2008

The Mind is a Lot Less Important than We Think It is: a Meditation

Look! This little finger covers the eye and prevents the whole world from being seen.
In this same way this small mind covers the whole universe
and prevents Reality from being seen.
Ramana Maharshi

The mind is a lot less important than we think it is. In our Western rationalistic society, we have given pre-eminence to the cognitive processes. Of course, the mind has its place and value in the scheme of things. But the mind is not meant to be the primary way we experience reality. As Carl Jung said, "All of reality is not thinking."

Feeling or sensing is. The mind judges, analyzes, compartmentalizes and this causes a sense of separation and duality. The heart or the intuitive faculty embraces or becomes one with its object of attention. It feels it from the inside out.

The heart knows an object from the inside out and not from just the surface, outside appearance. So, to really get to know someone or something, learn to quiet your mind and feel and then identify with and become one with that which you are focused on.

In other words, "lose your mind and come to your senses."

Meditation is the doorway to this way of perceiving.

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December 26, 2008

The "Embrace," Part II


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December 22, 2008

The "Embrace," Part II

This week I am sharing with those of you who read my blog, why I do the work that I do. Please go back to my post on December 15 for Part I.

Within each one of us lies a limitless well of living waters brimming with wisdom, love, inspiration, creativity and strength. We just need to find the key that opens us to these treasures.

This key lies in learning how to quiet the mind and open the heart (i.e. meditate) in order that we might learn how to experience and process life through the heart-mind and no longer through the myopic vision of the ego mind.

Herein one will find a profound place of freedom and joy from which one can truly "live life." Herein one becomes the author/authority of his/her life and learns what it means to truly be a Master of her/his thoughts, emotions and life experiences.

Herein one truly learns to be "true to thy Self." As well, one comes to understand that if you have not yet learned to "know thy Self" that life will feel and be incomplete.

So, I wish that my work can be a road map to that divine, blessed place of peace and the "Embrace" that lies within each and every person, a place that all those who truly aspire to Mastery have found, a place where there is a peace and a love that "passeth all understanding."

It is here that the initiates of the Ancient Mysteries Schools endeavored to arrive. In my work, I intend for the "mysteries" of this process to be removed and so, too, the "ancient" trappings! We are living in a time when the ancient keys to the Kingdom are, in fact, fully accessible to every modern man and woman who desires to access them. The Divine Feminine has returned!

The subject tonight is Love
and for tomorrow night as well.
As a matter of fact,
I know no better topic
for us to discuss
until we all die!
Hafiz

All a sane man
can ever think about
is giving love.
Hafiz,
Sufi Mystic and Poet

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December 19, 2008

The "Embrace," Part I


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December 15, 2008

The "Embrace," Part I

The subject tonight is Love
and for tomorrow night as well.
As a matter of fact,
I know no better topic
for us to discuss
until we all die!
Hafiz

All a sane man
can ever think about
is giving love.
Hafiz,
Sufi Mystic and Poet

I would like to take the opportunity now to share with those of you who read my blog, why I do the work that I do.

I would like to introduce you to what I refer to as the "Embrace" and how it is at the core of all that I do and be.

It is through the "Embrace" that "all things are made anew." As well, it is through the "Embrace" that we all are made whole and healed. And it is through the "Embrace" that we can listen and learn from each other.

What follows is a brief story that may put this is a broader context for you:

Some twenty years ago I was participating in a series Intuitive Development classes. During the classes we would meditate and quiet our minds and go into a very profound place of peace where we would access a deep, deep connection with extraordinarily loving energies.

I had been participating in these classes for about a year and had really enjoyed the warmth and camaraderie that had formed among all the class members. As well, I had very much enjoyed the peace that the experience of the classes brought. So, too, the class facilitator, Philip Burley, was a truly excellent channel and the messages that came through him were very profound and healing.

Then one night as I was "tuning in," an overpowering sense of peace and pure Love just cascaded all over and through me. I had never felt this before and it just kept growing and growing and getting deeper and deeper, wider and wider, fuller and fuller. Truly for the first time in my life I knew what it meant to have "my cup runneth over."

It was there and then that I "knew" that I had found "it." I had found both my connection with Source/God and had also found my vocation or calling in life. I "knew" that my life had been leading me to this moment so that that I could really "get" what was important and then help others experience that same "Embrace."

So, on that day it became clear to me that my raison d'etre (reason for being) was/is to continue to deepen that connection with the "Embrace" for myself, and, in whatever way possible to help others to find "It" for themselves, as well.

So, all my work up to now is dedicated to this purpose.

See my blog post on 12/22 for part II.

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November 28, 2008

Dedication, Discipline and Intentionality; the Keys to the "Good Life," Part II


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November 24, 2008

Dedication, Discipline and Intentionality; the Keys to the "Good Life," Part II

This is a continuation of my last posting on November 17.

The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance:
They were as careful as someone crossing an ice-covered stream.
Alert as a warrior in enemy territory.
Courteous as a guest.
Fluid as melting ice.
Shapeable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.
Lao Tzu

Intentionality and dedication is the Master's prayer and gift to him/herself. With clear intentions, one can manifest one's dreams, purpose and goals and live in great peace. If you are half-hearted, the Universe responds half-heartedly. If you are clear, the Universe responds clearly.

To attain the Mastery that is your birthright, you must be very purposeful in all that you do. No breath, thought or action is ever wasted. Everything is clear and on target. You know who you are and where you want to go or "be."

Please be assured that this is not a process that is rigid and dogmatic nor is it mental in nature. Nor is this a process that has as its primary focus the accomplishment of external goals. Rather it is a process of being in touch with your Self and, therefore, by being in touch, you become so true to your Self that your every breath, thought and action is inspired from the depths of your soul.

Thus you learn to live a life of impeccable clarity and ease and are no longer buffeted by the whims of the ego. Instead you live in a constant state of inspiration and revelation and flow from one experience to another.

So, to access this state one must take the time to look within and listen to one's Self by employing the sacred tools of meditation, prayer and contemplation.

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November 21, 2008

Dedication, Discipline and Intentionality; the Keys to the "Good Life," Part I


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November 17, 2008

Dedication, Discipline and Intentionality; the Keys to the "Good Life," Part I

In whatever way works for you, it is so, so important daily to take the time to make connection with your Source. If you do not, then you will not be in touch with your Self. And, if you are not in touch with your Self, you can not "be" your Self.

You are your "most significant other." If you do not spend time with this most significant part of who you are, you will never be true to your Self nor will you know your Self.

So, some form of meditation, prayer or contemplation is essential in order to connect with your Self and to live the "Good Life." Hence, in order to become one with your Self, dedication, discipline and being clearly intentional are so important.

One of the fastest ways to become one with your Self is to be disciplined---that is to take time to meditate, pray, as mentioned above and to also exercise, eat well, fast, read uplifting literature, etc.---in other words to take time to develop "order and clarity" in your life and to "be" with your Self.

The word "discipline" and "disciple" come from a Latin root that means to grasp or to comprehend. So, to be disciplined means that you steadfastly focus on something so that in time you truly understand or master it. What could be more important than learning how to be a Master of one's life?

Very few people have the patience and discipline to apply this kind of focus in their lives. I dare say that most adults have a shorter attention span than children.

When you know who you are:
When your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will;
No cold can touch your heart;
No deluge can dampen your purpose.
You know that you are alive
Chief Seattle

See my next posting on November 24 for more on this theme.

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November 14, 2008

When You are Quiet, You Can Eavesdrop on God


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November 10, 2008

When You are Quiet, You Can Eavesdrop on God

Remember, when you are quiet, you can eavesdrop on God.
And who is God?
You are,
She is,
He is,
It is,
Every thing and every one is.
"It" is all a reflection of You.
"It" is all a mirror reflecting You back to you.
"It" is all one voice, one harmonious choir--your voice, your choir!
You are "IT."
Clear away the illusions of your ego mind and
"see" and "hear" and "know" Thy SELF for Real!

Take the time every day to touch into this Reality and you will find the Peace that is at the core of your Being.

"Father, could you tell us something about yourself?"
The Monk leaned back.
"Myself?"' he mused.
There was a long pause.
"My name ... used to be ... Me ....
but now ... it's You."

The above is a brief dialogue from Theophane the Monk's, Tales of a Magic Monastery. Please meditate and reflect on it.

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November 7, 2008

Contemplate the Infinite Potential and Possibilities That You Are


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November 3, 2008

Contemplate the Infinite Potential and Possibilities That You Are

Conversation

God and I in space alone
and nobody else in view.
"And where are the people, O Lord," I said,
"the earth below and the sky o'er head
and the dead whom once I knew?"

"That was a dream," God smiled and said,
"A dream that seemed to be true.
There were no people, living or dead,
there was no earth, and no sky o'er head;
there was only Myself -- in you."

"Why do I feel no fear," I asked,
"meeting You here this way?
For I have sinned I know full well--
and is there heaven, and is there hell,
and is this the Judgment Day?"
"Nay, those were but dreams,"
the Great God said,
"Dreams that have ceased to be.
There are no such things as fear or sin;
there is no you -- you never have been--
there is nothing at all
but Me."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You are an invisible fullness, a field of latent possibilities from which all things emerge.

Behind the universe moves this unnamable mystery. It is a pregnant state of love, energy, and intelligence, ready to continually give birth to new forms and absorb old and wasted ones in order to give them rebirth in new form again.

This invisible, unnamable mystery and fullness is infinite possibility. The processes of change, transformation and rebirth are the very fabric of the universe and they occur in this field of potential and latent possibilities.

Contemplate the infinite potential and possibilities that you are. The well of living waters you have to draw upon is unlimited. You can not and are not defined or limited by any role, experience, or lifetime you have had or are having. Allow yourself to experience/feel the full promise of who You ARE. Embrace the Mystery and Majesty of Your Self! Enter the Silence! Meditate! Embrace the Unknown! Embrace Your Self!

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October 24, 2008

Ah! To be a Child Again! A Meditation: Podcast


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October 20, 2008

Ah! To be a Child Again! A Meditation

Before we were indoctrinated to the rules of the word, with its entire do's and don'ts, we were actually very receptive. We were willing to try new things, go into forbidden places and take risks without hesitation. We did not believe in unhappiness, defeat, rejection or lack. We asked for what we wanted and were willing to demand that it be provided. We thought the world existed to respond to our needs. It might do us well to revert back to the ways of childhood if we want to bring some good into our lives. It's not the temper tantrums or childish outburst we want. It is the openness and freedom from limitation we need. We have been taught to accept fear, lack sorrow and restriction as a part of everyday life. We are afraid to make demands of life because we believe we can't have what we want. We no longer feel free to express what we feel, when we feel it. Now, we want to be everyone's friend. If only we would think like a child again, there's a good chance we would find the freedom we gave up to become adults.

Iyanla Vanzant

You must be like a child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus of Nazareth

Just read through these words a few times in a meditative state. They are food for your soul. Then just sit in meditation and see, sense or feel whatever impressions, thoughts, feelings or images arise for you about you. Be receptive, objective and open!

Reading an inspiring passage and then just sitting with it in meditation is another form of meditation you may want to put into practice.

Besides this passage, find any inspiring passage you resonate with, read it and then just sit and see what happens! There are many ways to meditate and connect with your Source. Meditating on an inspiring passage is one I love to practice regularly especially when my mind is overly active.

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September 19, 2008

Living Today's Dream and Not Yesterday's, a Meditation: Podcast 09 19 08


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September 15, 2008

Living Today's Dream and Not Yesterday's, a Meditation

If you do not go within, you go without.
Neale Donald Walsch

Remember to look within. For it is only there that one can really find who one truly is and what is most important.

Take some time on a regular basis to slow down and go within. Suspend for awhile what you "think" you "should" be doing and instead just listen to the Silence within and allow its "voice" to speak to you.

Slowing down and taking inventory of who you presently are and where you are headed is sooooooo important. The word inventory comes from a Latin word which means "to come or go within." So, by slowing down your overly active thinking mind, you can go within and in the Quiet hear your Self rather than your ego mind's never-ending prattle.

So, take a few deep breaths now, quiet your mind and go within and gently and without too much focus ask, "What dream am I living now? Am I living the dream I had five years ago? Can I be happy and fulfilled living yesterday's dream or someone else's dream? What is my dream today?"

Gently allow these questions or similar ones to float out there and then just sit back and "listen." No, do not seek to hear your mind's ruminations, but actually just be still and sense, see and feel whatever impressions, feelings or images arise. Just "be" with them and with your Self.

You will be surprised at what comes up for you, if you leave your mind behind. Don't strain or "try," just allow the process to come to you. Be open and receptive. In time, as you practice this, a clearer and clearer vision will come to you of you.

Actually, as you practice this, you learn that being conscious of who you are is a moment to moment process. It is a process whereby you learn to "feel" first rather than "think" first. It is a process whereby you lose your mind and come to your senses.

It can be a bit of a stretch to ignore your mind and, instead, listen first to your heart/Soul or your intuition/feelings, but it's a good stretch. I suggest you try it for awhile because by doing so, you will find your Dreams and Your Self!

Who looks outside, sleeps.
Who looks inside, awakens.
Carl Jung

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August 25, 2008

What is Life? A Meditation

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
Thomas Merton

I

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery
than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Kat Cathey

Most of us habitually try to control all aspects of our lives: our relationships, our work environments, our health, our finances, etc, but usually we don't succeed. We do this to feel safe and secure. We do this so that we can be happy. But the irony is that in tenaciously holding on so hard, we waste most of our precious energy in trying to control things. We exhaust ourselves trying to anticipate what may happen and we squeeze all the joy, creativity and spontaneity out of life.

By spending so much energy trying to make sure that everything and everyone follows a specific script that we have in mind, we miss a myriad of opportunities to really enjoy and experience Life. We never allow for Life to simply come to us! We are constantly trying to force it to "go our way." We leave no room for wonder and magic.

We always want to know what is going to happen next, but by doing so we limit the boundless possibilities that are available to us. Life isn't a script to be followed word by word, but a new, fresh potential waiting to be expressed or actualized, moment to moment.

It is only when we allow for the unexpected and unknown to happen that "magic" or "real Life" can happen. All that is new, fresh and joy filled can only be found in the "unknown." The "known" is stagnant, old and calcified.

Embrace the "unknown" and there you will find Life! Tenaciously hold on to the "known" and there you will find stagnation!

Allow for the mysteries of life to delight you! Learn to live in the moment and be free! Learn to trust that it is all there for you! Each moment will take care of it self! Become a Master of the mysteries of Life.

Cease trying to work things out with your mind,
it will get you nowhere.
Let your whole life be led by Intuition and Inspiration
Let your whole life be a Revelation.
Eileen Cady

In order to allow yourself to be in the moment, to experience the mystery and magic of it all, experiment with the following. Whenever you can, just stop; take a couple of deep breaths; then become aware of your body by doing a brief body scan from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. This will bring you into the present.

Then allow your attention to be simply in the present only focused on the rise and fall of your abdomen as you breathe in and out. Suspend all thought and then just feel. Don't think! Feel! And ask and allow for an insight or an inspiration to reveal itself to you! And then sit back, with your mind disengaged and then absorb and enJoy whatever insight or inspiration you receive! It may come as a thought, an impression, an image or a feeling.

In this way you can live in the moment and allow the mystery and magic of Life to enter your experiences. In this way you can live Life to the fullest and be a Master of your Life and no longer a slave of circumstances.

If you haven't already, feel free to join my membership area and get a free audio talk on meditation and a free 6 minute guided meditation. As well, my meditation CDs go into greater depth regarding how to make this connection with the core of your Being and with your Self. If you have interest, my CDs can be found at: http://www.learnmastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm

Also, my book and audio package, Magical Keys to Self-Mastery: Creating Miracles in Your Life, is a primer on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com

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