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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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January 9, 2009

Who Do You Think You Are? A Meditation


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January 5, 2009

Who Do You Think You Are? A Meditation

In the Katha Upanishad, the sages of ancient India describe
the source of the limitless potential within us in the following manner:

There shines not the sun, neither the moon nor star,
nor flash of lightening, nor fire lit on earth as bright.
The Self is the light reflected by all.
He shining, everything shines after him.

And as the Sufi mystics write:

He whom the galaxies can not contain, he is in my little heart.

It is so hard for the ego mind to wrap itself around who you really ARE. The ego mind is only capable of remembering the conditioning which it has been fed since birth. It knows nothing about the Divine plan that you formulated before it came into being. It has no clue regarding your infinite potential; and it certainly has no idea about the incredible mysteries and majesty that lie within you.

So, why do we keep relying on the ego mind to help us get to know ourselves or to understand what our purpose is? The ego mind is meant at best to be a servant of our soul. It is not meant to be our master.

So, let us learn how to access this clear, pure essence by learning to quiet our ego mind and listen to our heart/soul. Then we will discover who we ARE.

Meditation is the key to this way of perceiving.

Whatever arises is not Self.
It is not I;
it does not belong to anybody;
it is just conditioning.
Jack Kornfield

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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 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 31, 2008

The Unity of the Soul and the Inner Life: A Meditation: Podcast


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October 27, 2008

The Unity of the Soul and the Inner Life: A Meditation

One should not give up, neglect or forget for a moment his inner life,
but she must learn to work within it, with it, and act out of it,
so that the unity of his soul may break out into all his activities.
Meister Eckhart

In order to fully and completely come to "know" ourselves and fully express ourselves in this life, we must go within. For within us is the storehouse or the treasure trove of our soul, that which is laden with an infinite number of gifts, love, power and wisdom.

There within, the richness and riches of who we are can be found. And once found will easily find a way to be expressed and manifested in our lives.

As we go within, we will be inspired to "right actions" and have revelations about who we really are. Again, only meditation can open this door to our inner treasure and inheritance and help reveal our true nature.

The mind masks this from us. Meditation reveals it! It's all an inside job! Let your intuition lead your way!

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October 17, 2008

Meditation is Spiritual Food: Podcast


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October 13, 2008

Meditation is Spiritual Food

Recently someone wrote me the following question about staying in balance. So, I thought I would share my response.

Yanni,

I really want to invest in what matters. I no longer want to be side-tracked by thoughts, projects, or people who are not on my path. I am a unique soul with a very unique focus and I really want to explore my interests to the fullest. How can we live in the 5th dimension or higher right here and now?

Meditation helps me to stay calm and peaceful and feel connected to God and others. When days pass and I have not had the chance to meditate I find my self rushing and getting crazy and upset with how fast life is moving and with how much there is to do.
Mary

My response:
You've answered your own question, Mary. Just as fish can not live out of water and a physical body can not live without air, a spirit (which is what you and I are in essence) cannot live without meditating or connecting with our Source on a consistent, regular basis. This connection or communion with our Source is our spirit's food or air. Without it, we literally starve or die of asphyxiation. Yet many are living or should I say dieing in this way.

As well, by staying connected, you will find answers to all your questions regarding what to do next, where to do it, when to do it and with whom. By staying connected you act from a place of inspiration and newness rather than from your old place of stagnant default patterns. When you are in a place of connection, you open to allowing new thoughts, people and experiences into your life that are truly for your highest good.

Life can be new, fresh and joy filled moment to moment and day to day, if you keep yourself in a place of connection! So, do your best to slow down each day, take a few deep breaths and no matter what is going on get in touch with your Self. Then you will have found the key to living the "Good Life," staying in balance, and making choices in all aspects of your life that are for your highest good.

Hope this helps! Blessings! Peace be with you!

Yanni

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October 10, 2008

You are an Emperor, not a Beggar: a Meditation: Podcast


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October 6, 2008

You are an Emperor, not a Beggar: a Meditation

You are an emperor, not a beggar. You possess the untold wealth of the universe, unimaginable riches. Don't beg for enlightenment, don't plead for it. You are the Self, don't assume that you are impoverished. Give up that yearning and be quiet and the treasure will be self-evident as your very nature.

Author unknown

"We are all gods and goddesses in training," as Deepak Chopra wrote.

We have come forth to explore and manifest the god/goddess potential within us.

We have come forth to be a god/goddess in finite form and to anchor and embody an aspect of that infinite Love that is our Source.

We are here to unravel the mystery of who we are.
We are here to discover the majesty of who we are.

We can never fail; we have success written all over us.
It is encoded in our DNA, in our eternal, hard wired template.

We are chips off the old holographic block, often called god/goddess, and are made in his/her Image.

When we enter the Silence, deep from within us rises up a feeling, a "knowing" of who we really are.

And in this place of clarity, we "know," beyond any doubt, fear or limiting belief system who and why we are.
We know that we are of noble stock and heirs of all that is great and good!

Be still and ye shall know!

The strongest tree has the deepest roots. Dig deep, deep within and you will find and know thy Self!

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October 3, 2008

Believe in Your Self! A Meditation: Podcast


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September 29, 2008

Believe in Your Self! A Meditation

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers or elders.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason,
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all,
then accept it and live it.
The Buddha, in the Kalama Sutra

I find the above advice from the Buddha rather amazing given that it was written over 2,500 years ago. Nowadays with the advent of the internet and the incredible amount of information that is so readily available to us, his guidance is even more essential.

An old adage goes: "No shoe fits all sizes." So, too, no teaching or teacher is the proper fit for everyone. I have learned over the years to practice discernment and really go within to make sure that whatever teacher or teaching I am studying really rings true for me.

I have found over the years that the only way to know for sure is to initially, of course, take the time to study and research the teacher or teachings; but ultimately I have learned not to use my mind and not to do an intellectual analysis. What I have learned to do, instead, is to quiet my mind, go into the stillness and just "feel" what is right. And then if it "feels" right, I "accept it and live it."

As well, I periodically go within and check again and again to see if it still "feels" right given that I am constantly evolving and changing.

What I am not saying here is to keep shopping around and never settle on anything. No, not at all! What I am saying here is to always go within to make sure you are still on the right path, namely your path and not anyone else's!

A path is not a static experience. It is something you travel upon; it is a journey. Yes, at times you stop to rest, but then you get up and continue the journey moving through an ever changing landscape. Your life, your dreams are constantly evolving! So, too, are your belief systems!

Every teacher/teaching is a step up your mountain of mastery. But each step leads to another step. No step is an end in and of itself.

One of the things I love to repeat over and over in my classes is: "If you follow any one but your Self, you will surely get lost!" You must be "true to yourself." And the only way to do that and to know your path and to come to "know thy Self" is to go within regularly and listen. Then you will stay on your path.

Meditation is the key that helps you to go within. It helps you to find and follow your Self and to truly know and believe in Your Self.

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September 26, 2008

Believing the Impossible! A Meditation: Podcast


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September 22, 2008

Believing the Impossible! A Meditation

"One can't believe impossible things," Alice said.
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen.
"When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Alice in Wonderland

What is possible? Whatever you believe to be possible is what is possible! The impossible is impossible because you believe it to be so.

We create our reality by virtue of what we believe. Within each one of us is enormous potential, but often we do not manifest it or even realize it is there. In Latin the root for the word "potential" is the same as the root for the word "potency."

Within each of us is such great potency or power or potential to create, but because we think small, we create and experience small. The Universe/God is infinite potential waiting to be actualized. And, we, through our thoughts and feelings, can draw in this infinite potential and make it manifest. This drawing in of that infinite potential via our thoughts is precisely what qualifies us to be co-creators made in his/her Image.

But if your thoughts and beliefs about what is possible for you are small, you will never dream or create or experience "big." Why not get out of the old box and dream and think big, since you dream and think all the time anyhow? Think big, not small and all things are possible.

Take a few minutes each day in meditation to observe how big or small your thoughts and dreams are and then adjust in whatever way feels right.

You can have anything you want, if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.
Albert Einstein

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July 11, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part V Podcast


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July 9, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part X

This is Part X of a ten part blog.


9) Will a different reality.

What you expect, you receive. Whatever you are looking for or looking at is what you see. Use the power of your mind to see the best in all and in yourself and you will experience the best. Keep your thoughts clear, pure, intentional and purposeful by using your will and you will create a new reality. Be clear and you will have clarity!

You are not a victim. Look at your thoughts and the predominant emotions that you have and if any of them are of a low quality, change them. You and only you have the strength and power to change them and you can.

You are a powerful creator! You created what you don't want; what makes you think you can not create what you do want.

You create your reality.
You create your experiences.
You give them meaning.
You get to choose!
You are a Master of your Life!

I hope that these reflections are helpful to you.

We really do create our reality and give meaning to our lives and experiences by the way we choose to interpret them and the perspective we choose to bring to bear upon them. Our happiness does not arise from anything we do, but by virtue of what we believe and think.

Do you live by choosing to experience your life through the eyes and heart of your Soul or do you choose to live by hiding in the shadows of your ego?

Reflect on these things!

This is Part X of a ten part blog.

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July 7, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IX

This is Part IX of a ten part blog.

8) Go within and bring in the God presence over and over again and you will be free of all this suffering. Then you will have attained "perfection over the illusion."

Take the time to regularly sit in meditation and there in that Silence, where the ego mind is still and your heart is open, you will be filled with the Presence of God/Goddess and there you will know who you are and without a doubt you will know deep within you that you have eternal everlasting value. As well, you will also know that that value is inherent in you and in every living creature.

There is nothing you need to do or become or possess in this lifetime in order to realize your value. You are already THAT! You are God/Goddess in finite form who has taken on a temporary personality in this lifetime in order to manifest and embody Love. Period!

That's why you are here. It's not complicated. By realizing this, you will have attained "perfection over the illusion" and you will know your eternal value.

It's not about what we "do" with our lives that matters; it all about who we "become." So, open your heart and quiet your mind regularly and consistently and you will then come to truly "know ThySelf."

But to attain this awareness you must consistently take the time to go within over and over again so that you can touch in with "Reality," that is, God/Goddess. Otherwise the world of illusion will drag and beat you down and you will forget who you really ARE.

This is Part IX of a ten part blog.

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July 4, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IV Podcast


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July 2, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part VIII

This is Part VIII of a ten part blog.

6) I am a Divine Spirit. I have everything that is needed.

You truly are a Divine Spirit having a human experience. You are here to learn "love," give "love," receive "love," and become "love." Within you, you have all the Wisdom and love to create the best possible life for yourself.

You were made in His/Her Image. You are a co-creator with God/Goddess of your own reality. God/Goddess is infinite potential and all He/She asks of you to believe in your eternal, infinite Self and by doing so you can embody and manifest all the potential that is within you. Everything is possible, if you believe that to be so.

You are a chip off the old holographic block called God/Goddess. Why not begin to claim your birthright and become who You are!

7) Know without any uncertainty that your fears and insecurities are not your true self; that your true self is totally integrated, totally capable of handling every thing over time in the right way and with enough patience it can accomplish what it came to accomplish.

When you feel inadequate, fearful, disconnected or like a victim, you are identifying with your "little self." That part of you that has forgotten who it really is and what you are really capable of. Everything is possible for you! You can do it! And you can truly know what it is that you came to fulfill and accomplish in this lifetime.

This is Part VIII of a ten part blog.

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June 30, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part VII

This is Part VII of a ten part blog.

4) There is no insufficiency in you. You will get past it. This will work for you!

When you feel down and out and disempowered, you're basically feeling that you are deep down at your core inadequate or unworthy and that there isn't anything you can do to bring yourself out of it. The fact of the matter is that you are never given a challenge that you can't overcome. It's only your thinking about your thinking that makes you feel that way.

You are not a victim. You are a Master. "I am not a victim; I AM a Master." Keep repeating this phrase to yourself because it is true! This is what be a Master is really all about!

5) "When I awaken tomorrow, no matter what comes my way, I am more than adequate to handle it! I will find all of the solutions through my objectivity and my own inner spiritual power."

You are a very powerful spiritual being who has come forth to embody the gifts and strengths that are who you really are. Claim your Divinity and your strength. Know without out a doubt that you are a Master of your Life and a powerful, creative soul. By stepping back from the fears and insecurities of your ego mind and witnessing them objectively rather than getting all caught up in their drama, you can, in that objective place of Silence and meditation, find solutions to all your "problems" and reclaim your power.

This is Part VII of a ten part blog.

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June 27, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part III Podcast


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June 25, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part VI

This is Part VI of a ten part blog.

3) Don't fall out of agreement with what is happening because when you do, you create a lot of emotional turmoil and resistance.

What you resist persists!

Embracing who you are and where you are in your life presently is the quickest cure for tension and anxiety and for resolving those very issues that you wish were not in your life.

Where you are is where you are!

To deny it or try to push it away only creates more of it. As you embrace and then honestly face the situation you have created, you can then let go of it enough and step back far enough from it to now see the bigger picture and get broadest perspective.

By stepping back in this way and giving some "space" to the situation, you can and will be inspired to take the right action that will lead to the Highest Good for all involved. As well, it will help you to transmute the energies of what you don't want into what you do want. In other words, by doing this you will see "outside the box" and thus you will be led to find empowered solutions.

As Albert Einstein said, "you can't solve a problem at the level it was created." You must see the bigger picture by seeing the situation with the eyes and heart of your Soul. You must quiet the fearful ego mind and all the drama it creates and instead listen to your Soul.


This is Part VI of a ten part blog.

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June 23, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part V

This is Part V of a ten part blog.

1) Today I am going to create a day of peace and harmony.

You get to set the tone for your day. If you wake up grumpy and unfocused, you will attract more of the same. But if, when you wake up, you set a clear intention that you are looking to create peace and harmony in your day today [guess what?] peace and harmony is what you will mostly experience.

So, upon awakening, rather than allowing for random thoughts and feelings to enter, instead, clearly focus on peace and harmony and then think, feel and imagine the events that are coming up in your day to be filled with peace and harmony. As well, during the day create periodic reminders that help you remember that above all other things it is peace and harmony that you want to experience this day.

The more you do this, the easier it gets to do and the better and more intentional your life becomes.

2) I can look at these things going on in my life now and say, "I am in charge here and can be in a place of profound peace."

No matter what you are experiencing, know that you are not a "victim of circumstances," but a Master of your life. You get to make the "best" of any and every situation you are in and you get to choose how you feel about what you are experiencing. You can make lemonade out of lemons. You can see the Highest Good and the Divine plan in it all.

This is Part V of a ten part blog.

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June 20, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part II Podcast


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June 18, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IV

This is Part IV of a ten part blog.

Over the years I have come up with numerous phrases, thoughts and interpretations that have helped me to raise my thoughts/energies around everything that happens in my life. It has made a world of a difference in terms of how I have experienced my life.

So, what I would like to do now is to share some of these with you. These are the ways that I use to see the Highest Good in all situations and to do my best to see everything from a Divine perspective.

You and only you get to give meaning or an interpretation to the experiences you have. What someone else thinks or believes about your experiences or about you doesn't matter at all. All that matters is what you think or believe about yourself or your experiences.

And, yes, you get to choose how to "see" the things that happen in your life. Coming to know that I get to choose how I interpret the events in my life is the most important thing I have learned. Because of this understanding I have created a great deal of peace, joy and empowerment in my life.

So, I will now share with you a number of of these phrases, thoughts and interpretations that I have used over the years. As well, I will offer some commentary as to what they mean to me and how I use them.

This is Part IV of a ten part blog.

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June 16, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part III

This is Part III of a ten part blog.

So, let's begin with the following questions:

What creates your reality?
What creates your experiences?
Who or what gives them meaning?
You and only you do!

If you resolve to have a different reality, you will experience a different reality.

So, how do you resolve to have a different reality?

You do so by observing the thoughts and interpretations you have about yourself and about your experiences and then you consciously and intentionally choose thoughts and interpretations that place everything in the best light. You seek to see the Highest Good in every situation. You seek to see yourself and the events in your life from God/Goddesses' perspective.

As well, you very carefully and very honestly observe what your beliefs about the Universe are and what you expect from it. And if any of it is anything less than what you would ideally want, you change it.

In other words, get quiet for a minute or so now and ask yourself: Is the Universe a friendly and supportive place; or is it a neutral one; or is it "out to get me?" What do you really believe?

This is really worth taking a few minutes to sit quietly with and meditate on. It can and will make a world of a difference for you if you honestly and lovingly look at it. So, please do so before reading on.

Your underlying core belief about what kind of a Universe you live in has a huge impact on what you experience in your life. Usually this is an area that is unexamined by most people. But I can assure you that it is extremely important to look at.

This is Part III of a ten part blog.

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June 13, 2008

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June 11, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part II

This is Part II of a ten part blog.

Our ego mind is meant to be the servant of our Soul and not the other way around. Our Soul is meant to be in the driver's seat of our lives for it sees the whole picture and understand the context and purpose for all that we experience in our lives. We are meant to live a life filled with inspiration and revelation and not one that is filled with perspiration and frustration.

So, learning how to get out of your head/mind and instead live from your heart and Soul can be a challenge. But I have found that living an authentic and empowered life can never be achieved if I solely identify myself with my ego and with the "things" in my life. I must instead come to know my Self, that is my Higher Self, and then live an empowered and passionate life that springs forth from the depths of my Soul and heart and is filled with life-sustaining, creative, vibrant energies.

There is a great depth and breadth to this "gift of life" that we have all been given and it is only through mastering our minds and opening our hearts that we can access a fulfilled, authentic and empowered life.

So, what follows are a series of techniques with which I have learned to master my mind. By learning to master my mind I have begun to live my life as an empowered person and not as a victim. I trust that you will find these techniques and the reflections about them of value to you on your path up the mountain of your own Self-Mastery.

This is Part II of a ten part blog.

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June 9, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part I

This is Part I of a ten part blog.

In this series of ten blog posts beginning today, I will explore the concept that "we shape and create our reality and experiences by the thoughts we focus on." As well, I will give advice on how to master the thoughts that we have and thus create the life we want.

Usually we are quite unaware of the predominant thoughts we have. As well, we usually are unaware of the worldview and general belief systems we have.

Most people, without questioning, just follow the dominant thought patterns and worldview of their culture, country or family. There is little reflection about the beliefs that they hold or the way that they look at themselves and others.

Their worldview has been passed down for generations or it is a mish-mash of corporate- fed faux journalism that is often very disconnected from reality and is really just selling advertising. Unfortunately, most people just follow along, never questioning the dominant cultural beliefs, their lives, their own beliefs or themselves.

But as Socrates once said: "The life unexamined is not worth living."

It is a struggle and challenge to rise above the lowest common denominator thinking that is so dominant in our culture. As well, it is not easy to understand that our thoughts affect our reality; and that how our ego or "little self" interprets the events in our lives is never how our Soul does.

This is Part I of a ten part blog.

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April 11, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part IV, Podcast


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April 9, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part VIII

Some Phrases that Summarize the Class

This is Part VIII of an eight part blog.

This is the last of the eight blog posts for this Mini-Course. Below I review some phrases that summarize this course. Use them as a review and also use them as an opportunity to do a brief meditative reflection on what they might mean for you in your life. You can journal about them, as well.

And as I mentioned on my Monday, April 7, 2008 Blog post, I will be leading you in a lengthy template meditative exercise on my Friday, April 11, 2008 Podcast so you can “tune in” deeply for yourself.

Some Phrases that Summarize the Class

Listen with your heart and not your head.

Speak before you think.
Feel first, think later.
Speak Your Feel.
Talk your Feel.

Quiet your mind and open your heart.

Learn how to "go within" and you will never be "with out!"

Learn to "see" from the Inside Out and you will "see" the whole picture. You no longer need to skim the surface of life, but now you can jump all the way in!

The true treasures of life are free, but invisible to the physical eye. Come learn to see again!

The final frontier is within You!

After you do the Template Meditation exercise, reflect on the impressions that you received about yourself.

The opening heart is the most beautiful flower of all.
The greatest beauty in the world is compassion,
Love shining free from attachment and grasping.
Tarthang Tulku

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April 7, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part VII

Practical Applications for Your Intuition and Templates
A picture is worth 10,000 words.

This is Part VII of an eight part blog.

This week, during my Friday Podcast of April 11, 2008, I will be leading you in a lengthy template meditative exercise so you can deeply “tune in” for yourself.

Today, I will explain a bit more about how to use the template that I will lead in during my Podcast.

If you really want to get an intuitive “read” on a person or situation, the best technique I have found is the following. Close your eyes and imagine that the individual you are focusing on is a rose. Then just see what kind of rose they become: that is, what size, color, texture, luster, glow, etc. Note whether the petals are vibrant or dried out, whether they are open or closed, etc. Notice as well, whether the rose is all alone, in a bouquet, in a rose bush, in a desert, etc. Notice, too, whether it is sunny, rainy cloudy, dark, etc. Just keep looking at the rose and it will, in the picture it paints for you, tell you more than 10,000 words of information about that individual or situation.

Don’t force this process and don’t use your cognitive mind, instead use your intuitive, creative faculties to “read” and “feel” the energies. Feel don’t think. Analysis will lead to paralysis.

You must allow the rose to spontaneously form before you and then just trust whatever intuitions, inspirations or feelings you get. They will give you a truckloads worth of information.

You must first have the knowledge of your power;
second, the courage to dare;
third, the faith to do.
Charles F. Haanel

This is Part VII of an eight part blog.

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April 4, 2008

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April 2, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part VI

Speak Before You Think.
Feel First, Think Later.
Speak Your Feeling.
Talk your Feel.

This is Part VI of an eight part blog.

Intuition is really a gift. It truly makes it possible for you to know who you realy are. The difficulty in defining it – the difficulty in working with it – is that it's not something you "do." It's something you "allow" to come through you. You can’t “do” it with your mind; you simply allow it to flow through your heart. It occurs as inspiration and not as perspiration. It’s a “non-doing.”

When I teach my Intuition classes I tell my students, "Don't think; Speak before you think. Your mother or your dad may have said to you, ‘Think before you speak.’ In this case, no, ‘feel first, think later; feel first and speak your feeling.’ What are you feeling?"

Again, Intuition is not a mental effort, it's not a striving, it just manifests through you. You start talking your “feel” and you have no idea where what you are saying is going to lead to. You follow the “golden thread” of your feelings. It’s not scripted; it’s inspired. It comes from the heart and not from the head. And it weaves a beautiful tapestry of meaning and purpose right there before your very eyes.

But it does require you to learn to trust in your Higher Self—in the creative, inspired part of you—rather than the limited, scripted part of your ego mind.

This is Part VI of an eight part blog.

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March 31, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part V

The Land of Your Soul

This is Part V of an eight part blog.

Why would you believe that the answer to what is troubling you in your life now is in what you've already thought of or what somebody else has already told you? No, instead, it lies deep within you at the core of who you really are.

You know why you came upon this planet, you know why you are in the situation you are in now, you know why it's good for you – it's all really in Divine Order and Divine Timing – you know it's leading you to a deeper sense of Self, of awakening, of healing, of growth, and so forth.

So why try to use the mind to understand all this? It’s stuck in a box of limiting beliefs. Shift out of that place and enter The Land of Your Soul and there you will know who you are and you will know why you are where you are and where you are going.

Intuition opens you up to the big picture rather than to the little, narrow-minded picture of your ego. The ego says, "I'm suffering, whoa is me!" – but your Soul or Intuition helps you to see "No, at the moment, I am learning. And this is what I am learning and this is where it it’s all going and why.”

How do you make sense of the “things” that happen to you in your life? What do you use as your source for perspective, understanding, meaning and purpose in your life? Do you go within? Do you believe that there is a purpose and a meaning for everything that happens?

Quiet your mind for a moment and then bring up an issue in your life now that is a challenge. Focus on an image or feeling about it for a few seconds and then sit back and “see” what insights, inspirations or images you get. Don’t think; just trust and feel what you get.

Please go to my Podcast of April 4, 2008 and there I will lead you in this exercise or do it on your own.

This is Part V of an eight part blog.

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March 28, 2008

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March 26, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part IV

Where is Your Reference Point?

This is Part IV of an eight part blog.

Where is your reference point? Is it within you or outside you? Who do you use as your authority—yourself or another?

Do you use your Self as your sole reference point or do you use others? In other words, do you check within your Self first or do you always go without (i.e. you trust the opinion of others more than your own) in making decisions, big and small?

In order to access your Intuition and access your Self, you must “quiet your mind and open your heart.” There is no other way. And when you do this, you experience the Silence that is there when all the unrelenting thinking and emoting quiets down. And it is in this Silence where you hear your Self for the first time.

So, by learning how to shift into this internal space—this intuitive space, you are not only accessing your Intuition, you are also learning how to be "true to your Self;" and you end up hearing and listening to your Self and to no one else. So, you now begin to use your Self as your internal reference point. There is no other reference point but You – inside You – you now recognize, hear and listen to your own voice.

So, Intuition isn't just simply the, Woo, woo, well, “I see guides”. And, you know, “I was King Tut in my last lifetime," or whatever other kind of woo, woo stuff you might think it is. It's actually an opportunity for you to come to know You – to come to know Thou--the Divine that is You--the essence that is You and be “True to Your Self.”

If you follow any one other than your Self, you will surely get lost!

This is Part IV of an eight part blog.

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March 24, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part III

The Mind as a Vestigial Organ

This is Part III of an eight part blog.

Your mind is basically useless – that's why I consider it a vestigial organ, on some level at least. To find that intuitive, Soul level part of yourself, you must quiet the external mind—the ego mind. As you quiet that mind and slip in between all your incessant thoughts and emotions, you then can begin to eavesdrop on your own Soul, on your Higher Self—your intuitive Self and on God/Goddess.

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 Caddy

The mind only knows what it has been programmed to know, much like a computer. Your heart/Soul accesses the infinite “knowing” of the Universe and therefore, can and does “know all things.”

With the ego mind quiet, you can sense or “tune into” the subtle energies and realms. It’s really that simple and everyone can do it.

Do you rely on your mind too much—in other words on what you already know and believe rather than on the possibility of being inspired with new insights about yourself and others? Do you think too much? Take a moment to reflect on these questions.

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March 21, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part I, Podcast


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March 19, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part II

What is Intuition?
It is Seeing or Listening with Your Heart
and not with Your Head.
It is “Going Within.”

This is Part II of an eight part blog.

I want to touch in on what it means to "go within," for when you “go within” you see/listen with your heart and not with your head. By “going within” you become one with your object of attention because you place it in your heart.

On the other hand, when you only use your head/mind, you are only seeing a small percentage of your object of attention because you are only using your logical mind to analyze, categorize and judge it, and, in effect, you are just scanning the surface of it. While, when you “go within” you learn how to “identify” with it – to “feel” it – to “embrace it.” And by doing this, you allow yourself to become “one with” it and see the whole picture from the Inside Out.

In other words, when you're looking at something from the outside, i.e. with your mind, you are only seeing a small part of it. You are truly just skimming the surface, but when you allow yourself to become a part of it internally, then you see the whole picture because you have become “one with” it.

If you don’t go within,
you go without.
Neale Donald Walsch

What I am suggesting above is a very different way than most people use to gather information about a person or a “thing.” By interacting in this way, you gather information with your heart and not your head. The mind does not truly “understand” anything; it just analyzes and measures. It is the heart that really “knows.”

As Vine Deloria, a Native-American scholar wrote in this regard:

“For primitive people the presence of energy and power is the starting point of their analysis and understanding of the natural world...primitive people felt power, but did not measure it. Today we are able to measure power, but do not feel it.”

What do you think about what I have suggested? Do you think it is possible for you to use your heart as the primary way to gather information?

Close your eyes now and take a moment to focus on a person you care about. Instead of thinking about them, just softly focus on an image/feeling of them and see what you feel” about them rather than what you “think” about them. Then spontaneously jot down a few notes about what you “felt.”

Do the same as above with someone you recently met or don’t know that well.

You can do this exercise on your own now or go to my Podcast of March 21, 2008 where I lead you in this exercise.

This is Part II of an eight part blog.

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March 17, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part I

Live Your Life from the “Inside Out” &
Have the “Inside Edge” on Everything You Do?

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein

This is Part I of an eight part blog.

What follows is an eight part mini-Course on Intuition. In this course you will learn how to honor and use your intuition to empower your life and live authentically.

Besides offering you written material to read on my Blog posts, I will, as well, lead you through a number of Intuitive Meditative exercises on my Podcasts.

So, enjoy this mini journey into The Land of Your Soul.


Why I feel that intuition is such an important skill to learn is because it is the best and most empowering tool with which you can come to know:

1) Who you are.
2) Where you are in your life right now.
3) Where you are going.
4) Why you are going there.
and
5) What to do next.

So, as well as being a metaphysical tool to explore the inner realms; intuition is, also, very, very practical.

What are your reasons for wanting to learn how to “connect” intuitively? Is it to connect with your Higher Self, other people, your Guides, your Ancestors, etc? Is it to help you make better decisions in your life, to feel good about yourself, to impress others, etc?

Take a few minutes to reflect on this. It will help you to set your intentions for this course and doing this will also help you to get the most out of it.

This is Part I of an eight part blog.

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March 14, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part II Podcast


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March 12, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part IV

This is part IV of a four part blog.

I have come to realize that as I have integrated and released many belief systems that I have come to feel so much freer and so much more empowered and authentic than I ever imagined. I have come in this process to really understand what it means to “be true to myself.” And learned that, “if I follow any one other than myself, I surely will get lost!”

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The truth is that everything that is represented as what God said—every word of it—has been brought to us by men/women. Now maybe they were good men/women, well-intentioned people, but they were just human beings like you and I are who were filled with strengths and wisdom, but also with the contradictions and foibles that you and I have. They just made huge claims and they spread.

Until you can stand up to the authority of those who claim they have “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” and instead live according to the God/Goddess truth within your own heart, you’re not following your Self. You are following someone else. Period! And that will get you nowhere! Actually, it can only get you eternally and infernally lost!

You are the creator and the authority of the meaning and the purpose of your life. No one else is or can ever be! Claim it!

If you follow any one other than your Self, you will surely get lost!

This is Part IV of a four part blog.

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March 10, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part III

This is part III of a four part blog.

When we reach this point in our personal evolution events in our lives truly have meaning because it is a meaning that comes from within us and not from an external source. We are connected to the power and essence of our Source. We no longer need to go outside of ourselves for answers or validation. It is a wonderful stage in our growth. Our only reference point is within. We now have learned to live our lives from the “inside out.”

The whole point of this is not to get identified with the system of growth you are using presently because it is temporary. Know that at some point you will graduate from needing it and/or it may take on a form very different from what you thought it was.

Please note that I myself am presently writing this piece using a belief system of some kind, but I know it won’t last. Actually, I hope it doesn’t last very long at all.

I am climbing my mountain of mastery and mystery and each turn brings me to a new vista—a new horizon—a new perspective. One that builds to some degree on the previous one, but ultimately it is one that is now very different from the previous one; and it does not allow me to “go back” any more. Once through the “rabbit’s hole”, you are in a totally new dimension—an entirely new reality—and there is nowhere else to go, but deeper.

So, what is important to understand here is that whatever system you are using is bringing you closer and closer to who you really are and to finding your own personal meaning and purpose for your life; and that you are gaining more personal power every step of the way.

This is Part III of a four part blog.

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March 7, 2008

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March 5, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part II

This is Part II of a four part blog.

In the beginning of our search for meaning and purpose we need structure—a system for healing and growth. It is a natural part of our evolution. We can not take our initial baby steps of growth without structure. We need a common system just to communicate the concepts. But whatever the system, there is a tendency to turn the system into a set of rigid beliefs that “know it all,” so to speak. And these beliefs then validate all those who believe in them. This is when we get stuck. This is when our growth gets stunted.

Each belief we subscribe to is meant to be a stepping stone to the next. It is not meant to be a permanent landing place. Life is an evolutionary process, not a stagnant one, so is it the case with truth. We are meant to take a belief—digest it a bit, integrate it and then make it our own; that is, take the best it has to offer us and then release the rest. Then we move on and integrate a new one and so on up the line.

So, what I am saying here is that it is necessary to transcend our belief systems one by one. And then at some point we come to a place where we release all beliefs and we live our lives from pure intention simply connected to that which comes to us from our Higher Self. Thus it is no longer our beliefs or those of others that create meaning and purpose in our lives, but it is our connection with our God Self that does. We now live a life that is true to itself.

This is Part II of a four part blog.

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March 3, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part I

This is Part I of a four part blog.

Stop believing in anything; and you may find that which is truth itself.
Krishnamurti

If you follow any one other than your Self, you will surely get lost!

Yanni Maniates

A belief is a thought that you repeat over and over again. Eventually you no longer question its origin or veracity. As well, in time some beliefs become “belief systems” that large numbers of people swear by and no longer question.

What of your beliefs have you consciously examined and explored to determine if they are really “true” for you or not?

Eventually there will come a time in your internal growth process when you will realize that you need to drop your “belief systems” completely—yes, all of them—and I do mean completely! Our Higher Self or our God Self does not adhere to a belief system or to a set of doctrines. It’s only reference point is the God/Goddess within. It’s only authority comes from within.

In order to fully develop our potential we must free ourselves of our existing beliefs. For it only then when we can hear and listen to our inner guidance and be lead by that which is for our Highest Good.

As Krishnamurti wrote: “Stop believing in anything and you may find that which is truth itself.”

This is Part I of a four part blog.

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November 23, 2007

How to Discover Real Love and Purpose in Your Life, Podcast


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November 21, 2007

How to Discover Real Love and Purpose in Your Life, Part II
Who Do You Think You Are?

This is Part II of a two part blog.

In the Katha Upanishad, the sages of ancient India describe
the source of the limitless potential within us in the following manner:

There shines not the sun, neither the moon nor star,
nor flash of lightening, nor fire lit on earth as bright.
The Self is the light reflected by all.
He shining, everything shines after him.

And as the Sufi mystics write:

He whom the galaxies can not contain, he is in my little heart.

The key to “being present” for oneself is found in meditation. Because in meditation one gives oneself the opportunity to truly come to “Know Thy Self”—that is, to truly come to know who you ARE and why you ARE!

It is so hard for the ego mind to wrap itself around who you really ARE. The ego mind is only capable of remembering the conditioning which it has been fed since birth. It knows nothing about the Divine plan that you formulated before it came into being. It has no clue regarding your infinite potential; and it certainly has no idea about the incredible mysteries and majesty that lie within you.

So, why do we keep relying on the ego mind to help us get to know ourselves or to understand what our purpose is?

The ego mind is meant to be the servant of our Soul. It is not meant to be our master.

So, learn how to access your true purpose by quieting your ego mind and listening instead to your heart/Soul. Then you will discover who you ARE and why you ARE!

Meditation is the key to this because in meditation the ego mind is quieted and in that Silence one can then eavesdrop on the God/Goddess within. And there and then who you ARE and why you ARE becomes crystal clear.

So, take the time now to simply “be” with your Self--your “most significant other”--and discover the majesty and mystery of who you are.

Quiet your mind and open your heart and you will come to “know Thy Self!”

Whatever arises [in the ego mind] is not Self.
It is not I;
it does not belong to anybody;
it is just conditioning.
Jack Kornfield

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November 19, 2007

How to Discover Real Love and Purpose in Your Life, Part I
Love is “Being Present”

To find the way,
Close your eyes,
Listen closely,
And attend with your heart.
Anonymous

What does it mean to love one self or to love another person? As I have journeyed through my life, I have come to the following understanding of what it means to truly love:

Love is simply “being present.”

But what does it mean “to be present” for yourself?

As far as I am concerned, you are your most “significant other.” So, in order to love yourself, you must be fully present for yourself. You must be “listening” to your Self. You must be honoring yourself. You must be accepting and appreciating yourself unconditionally. This is love: “Being totally present for your self” with no judgments, no analysis, no preconceived beliefs, concepts or ideas of what you “should” be or do--just an acceptance and gratitude for who you are now.

Giving this kind of love and presence to yourself is the key to Self-Mastery and happiness; it is actually “the key” to Life. “Being present,” in this way, I believe, is the answer to the perennial question of “How do I truly love myself or another person?”

So, to be in an authentic relationship with yourself or with another person requires that you “be present” in the way I have described above. Otherwise, all you are doing is judging and analyzing yourself or another with your mind, but you are not “being present” with your heart.

The mind, through its judgments and analysis, creates duality and separation, the heart naturally seeks unity and oneness. The mind creates a sense of “being other than;” the heart, on the other hand, “becomes one with” its object of attention and “knows” by “identifying with” it. It knows from “the inside out.”

This is the key to mastering the art of love.

Carl Rogers, the noted psychologist wrote in this regard:

Nothing feels so good as being understood,
not evaluated or judged.
When I try to share some feeling aspects of myself
and my communication is met with evaluation
reassurance, and distortion of my meaning,
I know what it is to be alone.

So, love is simply “being present” and listening with your heart and not judging with your head!

This is Part I of a two part blog.

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