LOVE INSTRUMENTS

 

                                                                 WAKE UP

                I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WITNESSING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EMBRACE THEIR SPIRITUAL NATURES. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE POEPLE WAKE UP TO THEIR CONNECTION TO LOVE. BUT FAR TOO OFTEN, I ALSO SEE THAT THESE SPIRITUALLY CONSCIOUS PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY UNCONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. OR MAYBE THEY'RE AWARE BECAUSE THEY WATCH THE NEWS AND READ THE PAPER. BUT THEY ARE APATHETIC THAN HIGHLY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE DISENGAGED FROM TEH WORLD AROUND THEM.

                  WHILE I DO NOT RECOMMEND GETTING SUCKED INTO THE DRAMAS OF THE NEWS, I FEEL IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSCIOUSLY WAKE UP TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. IF WE IGNORE WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE'LL FALL INTO THE TRAP OF APATHY AND FORGET THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LIGHT. BEING CONSCIOUS OF THE DARKNESS IN THE WORLD FUELS OUR DESIRE TO BRING MORE LIGHT. CONSCIOUSNESS INSPIRES US TO SPEAK UP WHEN IT'S NECESSARY AND DEVOTE OUR PRAYERS TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM MOST. CONSCIOUSNESS CONNECTS US TO ALL THE SOULS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO DO NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGES WE MAY HAVE. CONSCIOUSNESS REMINDS US TO BE GRATEFUL, JOYFUL, AND KIND.

                 WITHOUT THIS CONSCIOUSNESS IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE LITTLENESS OF OUR LIVES. THE INSANE AND RIDICULOUS STORIES WE MAKE UP, THE SILLY PROBLEMS WE FOCUS ON, WHICH CAN MAKE US VERY SELFISH.

                  IF YOU DO IDENTIFY IN ANY WAY WITH BEING APATHETIC OR UNCONSCIOUS, FORGIVE YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER THAT IN AN INSTANT YOU CAN DISSOLVE THE PATTERNS OF YOUR PAST AN STEP INTO THE POWER OF THIS PRESENT MOMENT. RIGHT NOW, MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO SHIFT YOUR FOCUS FROM YOUR LITTLENESS AND TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

                  TAKE TIME EACH DAY TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, AND DEVOTE YOUR LOVING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THOSE WHO NEED YOU MOST.

                            REMEMBER WHERE YOU TRUE POWER LIES

                BE MINDFUL OF THE POWER YOU CALL ON TO CREATE CHANGE. ARE YOU AN ANGRY PEACE ACTIVIST OR A LIGHTWORKER? KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BECOME CONSCIOUS OF HOW YOU MAY USE FEAR AS POWER AND SEPERATION AS A WEAPON. WHEN WE BECOME MORE CONSCIOUS OF WHA'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, IT'S EASY TO GET SCARED AND ANGRY. MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I GOT SO FIERCELY OUTRAGED BY THE GUN VIOLENCE IN MY COUNTRY. IT'S OKAY TO GET MAD, AND IT'S NATURAL TO RAGE, BUT REMEMBER THAT ANGER IS NOT WHERE YOUR TRUE POWER LIES. THE KEY TO OUR POWER IS OUR CAPACITY TO LEAD FROM A PLACE OF LOVE.

                   SO FEEL THE ANGER, AND SHARE YOUR OUTRAGE WITH A FRIEND. HONOR YOUR ANGER AND FEAR AS GREAT TEACHERS ON THE PATH BACK TO PEACE. THEN, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, RETURN TO LOVE. RECONNECT TO YOUR POWER THROUGH PRAYER. HERE'S A PRAYER YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU NEED TO ACCESS YOUR TRUE POWER.

                    "  I RECOGNIZE MY ANGER AND I HONOR MY REACTION

                      TO THE DARKNESS. I KNOW MY TRUE POWER LIES IN MY

                      CAPACITY TO BE THE LIGHT. I CALL ON THE ENERGY AND 

                     THOUGHTS OF LOVE TO POUR THROUGH ME AND INSPIRE

                      ME TO TAKE ACTION FROM A PLACE OF TRUE POWER".

                     ACCEPT YOUR ROLE AS A SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST WHO SHOWS UP FOR THE FEARS OF THE WORLD WITH LOVE. LEAD FROM A PLACE OF FORGIVENESS AND CAMPASSION. KNOW THAT YOU CAN SPEAK UP, RISE UP, AND SHOW UP WITH GRACE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DISSOLVE ALL BOUNDARIES WITH LOVE.

                          THE PEACE OF LOVE IS SHINING IN YOU NOW

                DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR MIND AND REMEMBER LOVE. ACCEPT THE LIGHT WITHIN YOU, AND YOU'LL LIGHT UP THE WORLD. BELIEVE IN THIS LIGHT NO MATTER WHAT. YOUR CONVICTION AND CERTAINLY HELP OTHERS REMEMBER THEIR OWN. YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALONE HAS THE POWER TO HEAL.

               ACCEPT THE LOVETHAT SHINES THROUGH YOU NOW. DECLARE YOUR COMMITMENT TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT. HONOR THE WOUNDS THAT GET YOU HERE. THE SUFI POET RUMI SAID, " THE WOUND IS THE PLACE WHERE THE LIGHT ENTERS YOU". TRUST THAT YOUR WOUNDS ARE EXACTLY AS THE UNIVERSE PLANNED. THEY WERE DIVINELY PLACED IN YOUR LIFE IN THE PERFECT ORDER SO THAT YOU COULD SHOW UP FOR THEM WITH LOVE AN REMEMBER THE LIGHT WITHIN. AS DIFFICULT AS YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE BEEN, TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THEM NOW. HONOR THE TRAUMA, HONOR THE PAIN, AND HONOR THE FEAR, KNOWING THAT ALL ALONG THE PEACE OF LOVE WAS ALWAYS SHINING THROUGH YOU. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IN THIS LIFETIME, THIS TRUTH WILL NEVER CHANGE. THE PEACE OF LOVE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU.

                    WHEN THE FEARS OF THE WORLD TAKE YOU CUT, RETURN TO THE PRESENT MOMENT AND REMEMBER THAT THE PEACE OF LOVE STILL SHINES IN YOU NOW. GENTLY WITNESS THE STORIES AND FEARFUL THOUGHTS AS DISTRACTIONS FROM THIS TRUTH. IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, YOU CAN RETURN TO LOVE AND BE AT PEACE. IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE AND RELEASE YOURSELF FROM ALL SUFFERING.

                                    BECOME AN INSTRUMENT FOR LOVE

                   THERE IS NO GREATER EXPERIENCE THAN ALLOWING THE PRESENCE OF LOVE TO MOVE THROUGH YOU. AS YOU HEAL YOUR OWN LIFE THROUGH YOUR CONNECTION TO LOVE, YOU WILL BE GUIDED TO HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME. SOMETIMES THAT GUIDANCE WILL LEAD YOU IN DIRECTIONS YOU NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED.THE DIRECTION MAY NOT ALWAYS SEEM LOGICAL, BUT THE CALL WILL BE NDENIABLE.

                    THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I'VE WITNESSED MANY TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS FOLLOW THAT UNDENIABLE CALL. ONE EXAMPLE IS OPRAH WINDREY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING INVITED TO A SCREENING OF OPRAH'S OW SERIES BELEIF. THE SHOW FEATURED FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND EACH STORY EVIDENCED THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY OF LOVE. THE STORIES RELEASED ALL RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL SEPERATION AND PRESENTED US WITH A VISION OF WHAT TRUE ONENESS IS.

                     AT THE SCREENING, OPRAH SHARED THE STORY BEHIND WHY SHE CREATED BELIEF. SHE SAID THAT IN HER PRAYERS SHE ASKED GOD TO USE HER FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD, AND THE RESPONSE SHE RECEIVED WAS TO CREATE THIS SERIES. SHE PUT HER OWN MONEY, TIME, AND ENERGY INTO CREATING IT. AT THE END OF HER SPEECH, SHE TEARED UP AS SHE SHARED HER GRATITUDE FOR ALLOWING THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY OF LOVE TO WORK THROUGH HER IN THE CREATION OF SOMETHING SO TRANSFORMATIONAL.

                     WE ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ALLOWTHE UNIVERSAL ENERGY OF LOVE TO USE US FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE, TO REMEMBER LOVE AND ALLOW IT TO MOVE THROUGH US, HEAL US, AND INSPIRE US TO SERVE.  WHEN SURRENDER TO THIS COMMITMENT, WE CAN TRULY CO-CREATE WITH THE UNIVERSE, WE CAN CREATE MOVEMENTS FAR BEYOND OUR LOGICAL MIND'S CAPACITY TO SEE. WE CAN HELP OTHERS HEAL AND SERVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE SIMPLE ACT OF ASKING. " HOW WOULD YOU USE ME"? OPENS THE FLOODGATES FOR LOVE TO TRANSCEND ALL DOUBT AND LIMITATION. YOUR FEAR CANNOT CO-EXIST THE PRESENCE OF THIS LOVE.

                    THAT IS THE FINAL STEP OF THIS CHAPTER, BECOME AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE.

                                  BEGIN EACH DAY WITH THIS SIMPLE PRAYER:

 

                                          HOW WOULD YOU USE ME?

         

                 THE STEP BACK AND ALLOW. LET LOVE DIRECT YOUR LIFE. THE COURSE SAYS, " YOU ARE AT PEACE AND YOU BRING PEACE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE". ALLOWING THE UNIVERSE TO GUIDE YOU, HEAL YOU, AND DIRECT YOU BRINGS THAT PEACE BACK INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. PEACE AND LOVE CAN NEVER BE LOST.

                 WHEN YOU LEAD YOUR LIFE WITH GRACE AND LOVE, YOU BEGIN TO FEEL A SWELL OF ENERGY MOVE THROUGH YOU. YOU'RE GIVEN WORDS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THEM. YOU'RE GIVEN STENGTH WHEN YOU ARE DOWN. YOU'RE GIVEN SYNCHRONICITY AND SUPPORT WHEN YOU FEEL LOST. YOU'RE GIVEN SAFETY WHEN YOU'RE UNCERTAIN.

                 AS I CONCLUDE THIS BOOK. I AM DAYS AWAY FROM CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SOBER RECOVERY. THIS ANNIVERSARY MARKS THE DAY THAT I RETURNED TO LOVE, THE DAY THAT I SURRENDERED TO THE UNIVERSE FOR HELP. I AM IN AWE OF THE GIFTS I HAVE RECEIVED AS THE RESULT OF ALLOWING THE UNIVERSE TO BE MY GUIDE. I AM IN AWE OF THE TRANSFORMATION I HAVE UNDER GONE. I AM DEEPLY MOVED BY THE SUPPORT, LOVE, AND GUIDANCE I HAVE GROWN TO RELY ON. MOST IMPORTANT, I AM PROUD OF MY WILLINGNESS TO HEAL THE WORLD THROUGH LOVE. I THINK ABOUT WHERE I WAS 10 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS OLD, STRUNG OUT ON DRUGS, AND SEVERELY INSECURE.  I WAS A GIRL WHO LIVED IN FEAR, DOUBT, AND UNCERTAINLY. TODAY I AM A WOMAN WHO LIVES IN THE LIGHT.

                     MY TRANSFORMATION IS YOURS. IT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU NOW. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CHOOSE LOVE, SPREAD LIGHT, AND KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK.

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