Captured Moments

Our human system and memory can hold onto any and all pain we have received in any lifetime, whether it is real or imagined.  It can fester and grow, manifesting itself in other ways unless we become conscious that we are not our human systems; we are not human misery.  We can transform, transmute and transcend the human misery and our reaction and identification to it.  We can access Compassion and LOVE for our system and all it has gone through through forgiveness, understanding and Grace found in our heart of HEARTS! Our human misery is a collection of past experiences and moments that are not current, unless we allow them to be who we think and feel we are.  Our lower human nature can stay reactive, sensitive, combative, argumentative and negative for a long, long time without us even being conscious of it.  It is like a stagnant pond that has been abandoned and now is toxic.  Until or unless someone takes the time, energy and effort to clean it and c...

When we think we are limited to just our mind and physical body only, we can become quite bogged down by life.  It is like being in a trapped, closed system that can't let anything new in or old out.   By remembering our Spirit and how it is connected to and a reflection of Light, Love and COMPASSION itself, we set free any trouble locked into our limited sense of self. Imagine it like a beam of Pure White Light that can and will pierce any clouds of doubt or darkness that may surround you.  See it consciously, actively coming towards you to open up a space of LOVE, LIGHT and JOY into any confusion you are holding onto in your mind.  Feel the heaviness lifting and in that freed up space, feel a sense of PURE JOY and Freedom of HAPPIER, MORE POSITIVE THOUGHTS! Have a sense of the Infinite Being of Pure Love and Pure Energies taking away any and all energy that may be obstructing your view of the Purity that surrounds you daily, whether you know it is there or no...

When we can openly, honestly begin to ask ourselves what will inspire each of us to follow a life that enhances our greatest health and happiness, our natural, innate Spirit can begin our inner work towards such a goal. Perhaps we have been following a path that simply reinforces our parental programming, just reinforces our specific, particular roles in life or maybe we are following every generations same set of expectations or perhaps those that society dictates.  Nothing is wrong with that, especially when others are counting on us to lift up and support our family, children, living parents and others that are in our care.  Yet, one of the most fundamental aspects of our human life is knowing and also following what makes us happy and healthy being true to our self. Often we are programmed early about the structure and rules we need to follow in order to generate income, to maintain income and to assure the flow of income in order to continue on with our lives.  O...

When everything seems to be too stressful, tiring, exhausting or futile, taking moments of gratitude helps put everything into perspective.  It can become a marvelous challenge to stop and focus on only what we are so grateful for in our current life.  Offering thanks for all the learning, lessons, growth and wonder of each day is a good way to begin.  Happy for each breath we take and each slice of beauty we see can inspire us throughout the day.  Just a butterfly going by, a new blossom on a tree, a child's precious laugh or a bird swooping through the trees is pause to stop and take in all the unique and cherished things life brings to us every day. Whispering into our open, loving Hearts happy, fulfilling, wondrous moments that maybe we just catch out of the corners of our eyes is enough to stop and offer sincere thanks for all we receive each and every day of our lives. The more we focus our attention on what we LOVE about life, including ourselves, the more...

To truly love our self is to accept God's Love for us.  Simply put, Loving our self like God Love's us aligns us with LOVE as an active, powerful force.  Simple in concept, perhaps difficult in practice! Imagine an Infinite Being Loving and Accepting you on all levels and in all ways. Naturally, we would adjust our attitudes, our outlook, our self-forgiveness and we'd naturally begin to let go of traits that no longer serve us.  We'd realize we aren't the past and we would feel the release of those age old bonds that we have outgrown.  It would be a natural letting go! We can love the past, be grateful for the past, realize our lessons from the past and shine all the way through to the current moment. If we imagine the Purest Love Loving us all the way through, we'd realize that Love is the Love of the Infinite Being of Pure Love and Pure Energy beaming right into us that that we already are within.  Any and all old 'knots' that we aren't will ...

Once we hit a certain place in life when we realize we haven't been alone on this path, we can begin to trust that who we aren't anymore can go.  Perhaps it is an old mind set, maybe it is an old emotional belief and it could be a feeling about our self in our physical body that no longer serves us well. In terms of evolution, growth, shift and change, moving on from stuck old patterns becomes essential.  See it like a peach tree.  As the seasons change, the fresh new Spring flowers come and they blossom so beautifully!  Next, the petals drop and a hard awkward closed bud is there.  The bud becomes a peach with lots of fuzz after awhile.  As the peach grows and develops, it becomes perfected in the summer sun to full ripeness.  This is when it usually gets plucked and consumed.  If it remains on the tress too long, it will begin to fade, become diseased and finally drop back onto the earth.  Right before this happens, the peach is perfect t...

If we were to look into our own Heart, we would see and feel a deep and abiding LOVE.  Deep in that LOVE we would find a deep forgiveness for our self and all others.  That depth of LOVE within is surrounded by understanding.  What our Heart understands is we have many levels and layers to get through on our way to deeply understanding our human condition, nature and situation. Yes, there are pitfalls, distractions, confusion, troubling situations and deceptions along the way that throw us all off course.  A bit like a mind field that creates illusions and a sense of safety that might not actually be there or might be there hiding!  We might apply our greatest intelligence to any situation and still trip and fall right into the middle of things. Human nature is not perfect!  Human nature is not always ideal.  Human nature is not without unconsciousness.  Yet, it is in our very humanness that we have the most amazing possibilities and potential...