PRAYER FOR TRUTH

 

                                             THE ENERGY OF UNIVERSE

                      PRAYER IS THE PATHWAY TO LOVE. THIS PRAYER ACTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN YOUR FEELINGS OF SEPERATION AND YOUR TRUTH. USE THE PRAYER AS AN INVISIBLE GUIDE BACK TO LOVE. LET EACH WORD SINK INTO YOUR PSYCHE. RECITE THIS PRAYER OUT LOUD TO YOURSELF.

                                                           A PRAYER FOR TRUTH

                "I CALL ON THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE TO GUIDE MY THOUGHTS BACK TO LOVE. I SURRENDER THE FALSE PERCEPTION I HAVE PLACED UPON MYSELF. I FORGIVE THESE THOUGHTS AND I KNOW THAT I AM LOVE.  I AM PEACE. I AM COMPASSION. I AM THE UNIVERSE."

                 FOLLOWING THE PRAYER, SETTLE BACK INOT THE ENERGY OF LOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEDITATION.

                           A MEDITATION TO CONNECT YOU TO THE UNIVERSE 

                YOU CAN OPEN YOUR HEART TO LOVE THROUGH THIS BEAUTIFUL KUNDALINI MEDITATION. THIS MEDITATION WILL FOSTER A DEEP EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. KUNDALINI IS THE YOGA OF AWARENESS. I AM A STUDENT AND THE TEACHER OF KUNDALINI YOGA BECAUSE THE MEDITATIONS AND PRACTICES INSTANTLY BRING ME CLOSER TO CONSCIOUSNESS. THIS KUNDALINI MEDITATION WILL MOVE STAGNANT ENERGY AND GET YOU DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSE. THE POSTURE IN THE MEDITATION OPENS YOUR HEART TO RECONNECT YOU TO YOUR TRUE NATURE AND ONENESS WITH THE UNIVERSE.

                  I  RECOMMEND PRACTICING THIS MEDITATION WITH THE SONG "HALLELUAH" FOUND AT GABBYBERNSTEIN.COM/UNIVERSE.

                                  OLD GYPSY WAY OF CALLING ON THE SPIRIT 

                                                    OF MOTHER EARTH

         

                         ORIGINALLY TAUGHT BY YOGI BHAJAN ON JULY 4, 1994

                     THIS MEDITATION IS MEANT TO HELP YOU INVOKE THE LOVING SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSE.

                         POSTURE: SIT COMFORTABLY CROSS-LEGGED ON THE FLOOR WITH A STRAIGHT SPINE AND  STRAIGHT NECK.

                       MANDRA (HAND POSITION) : RAISE THE ARMS UP 60 DEGREES FROM HORIZONTAL, ELBOWS AND WRISTS STRAIGHT. STRETCH THE BODY FORWARD SLIGHTLY FROM THE PLANE OF THE BODY. THE ANGLE OF THE PALMS FOLLOWS THE ANGLE OF THE ARMS. THE FINGERS ARE STRAIGHT AND TOGETHER, THUMBS RELAXED.

                    VISUALIZATION : STAY STILL AND IMAGINE A FLAME AT THE HEART                                                                       CENTER.

                    BREATH : BREATHE CONSCIOUSLY, LONG AND DEEP.

                    TIME : SIT IN THIS MEDITATION FOR THREE MINUTES. 

                    TO END : INHALE DEEPLY. HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 15 SECONDS. EXHALE. INHALE DEEPLY. FEEL IN YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. HOLD FOR 15 SECONDS. EXHALE. INHALE DEEP FEEL THE TASTE OF THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE. HOLD FOR 15 SECONDS. EXHALE.

                  FOLLOWING THIS MEDITATION LIE ON YOUR BACK AND REST FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS IS CALLED SAVASANA. I BELIEVE THAT SAVASANA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POSE BECAUSE IT'S WHERE WE CAN REALLY RELAX INTO THE ENERGY OF LOVE. TAKE YOUR TIME TO LIE ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR PALMS FACING UPWARD, AND ALLOW THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT AND LOVE TO POUR THROUGH YOU. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY FEEL A TINGLING SENSATION IN YOUR PALMS GIVEN THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR HANDS IN THE MEDITATION. LET THE LOVING FLOW OF ENERGY PASS OVER YOUR BODY AND RELAX INTO SAVASANA. IN THESE MOMENTS OF GENUINE RELEASE YOU CAN REORGANIZE YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM AND RELIGN YOUR CONNECTION TO LOVE.

                  

                                               TRUTH IS YOUR NAME

                     AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF REST, SLOWLY BRING YOUR AWARENESS BACK TO YOUR BODY. ROLL YOUR WRISTS AND ANKLES IN CIRCLES AND GENTLY COME TO A SEATED POSITION. IN THIS SEATED POSITION, TO FEEL YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. WHEN YOU'RE SEATED, TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN AND SAY OUT LOUD SAT NAM. CLOSING A PRACTICE WITH THIS KUNDALINI MANTRA IDENTIFIES YOUR TRUTH. SAT MEANS "TRUTH" AND NAM MEANS "NAME". THE MANTRA IS TRANSLATED AS "TRUTH" IS MY NAME". IT IS SIMPLY AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE UNIVERSE IS THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE.

                    FOLLOWING THIS PRACTICE YOU MAY FEEL A DEEPER SENSE OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS. IF EVEN FOR A FLEETING MOMENT YOU FELT FREE, THEN YOU'RE ONE MOMENT CLOSER TO CONSCIOUSNESS. YOGI BHAJAN SAID, "IN THE FLOW OF DEEP MEDITATION... MY NECTAR THOUGHTS ARE FILLED WITH GOD." PRACTICE THIS MEDITATION MEDITATION OFTEN, AND IN TIME YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE WILL BECOME MORE PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE. 

                    YOU MAY EVEN WANT TO PRACTICE IT FOR 40 DAYS STRAIGHT. THIS MEDITATION HAS THE POWER OF OFFER YOU DIRECT LINE BACK TO YOUR TRUE SPIRITUAL NATURE. IT CAN REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE.

                   IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT, YOU CAN REMEMBER YOUR TRUTH BY RETURNING TO YOUR MANTRA SAT NAM OR THE TRANSLATION, "TRUTH IS MY NAME". TO REMAIN HAPPY AND FREE, WE MUST BE IN COMMUNION WITH OUR TRUTHFUL CONNECTION AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. THIS GENTLE REMINDER WILL BRING YOU BACK HOME. PRACTICE REPEATING THE MANTRA SAT NAM WHENEVER YOU'RE OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE UNIVERSE.

                    THE VIBRATION OF THE MANTRA SAT NAM MANIFESTS TRUTH INTO YOUR PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE. THE VIBRATION OF SAT REACHES UP TO THE EITHER, CALLING ON YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. NAM IS A GROUNDING VIBRATION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT YOU CAN BRING THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE INTO YOUR DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD. BRING FORTH YOUR TRUTH IN EVERY CORNER OF YOUR LIFE. BRING PEACE WITH YOU WHERVER YOU GO.

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THE UNIVERSE

 

                                              SYNC WITH THE UNIVERSE

                      WHEN WE GET IN SYNC WITH UNIVERSE, WE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE MANY MIRACULOUS AND MYSTERIOUS SYNCHRONICITIES. THESE SYNCHRONICITIES MAY SEEM WILD AND UNEXPLAINABLE AT FIRST, BUT THE MORE FAITHFUL YOU BECOME THE MORE COMMONLY THEY OCCUR. A COURSE IN MIRACLES TEACHES US. "MIRACLES ARE NATURAL. WHEN THEY DO NOT OCCUR, SOMETHING HAS GONG WRONG". WHAT'S NATURAL IS OUR PEACEFUL, LOVING INTINCT AND OUR CONNECTION TO THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE. WHAT'S UNNATURAL IS THE FEAR THAT DEFENDS AGAINST THIS CONNECTION. FEAR, ALONG WITH GUILT, SEPARATION, JUDGMENT, AND ATTACK BLOCK AS US FROM THE MIRACLES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US ALL THE TIME.

              WHEN WE BELIEVE IN THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALLOW IT TO MOVE THROUGH US, WE ARE A CLEAR CHANNEL TO RECEIVE GREAT GIFTS AND GUIDANCE. WHEN SYNCHRONICITY DOES NOT OCCUR AND WE DO NOT FEEL GUIDED, IT'S CLEAR SIGN THAT WE'VE FALLEN BACK INTO OUR FEARFUL PATTERNS.

               OUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY IS AN EXPERIENCE OF REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE LOVE. THE MORE WE EMBODY THIS TRUTH, THE MORE MIRACLES WE WILL EXPERIENCE. WE ACCEPT THAT MIRACLES ARE A NATURAL PART OF WHO WE ARE. AND WHEN WE LIVE IN LOVE, WE LIVE A MIRACULOUS LIFE.

                NOW, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED OVERNIGHT AND LIVE IN LOVE ALL THE TIME! BUT LET'S AIM TO BRING IN MORE LOVE. WHEN THE LIGHT SHINES, THE DARKNESS CANNOT CO-EXIST WITH IT. IT'S TIME TO IGNITE YOUR UNNER LIGHT AND LET IT SHINE BRIGHTLY SO THAT YOU CAN OWN, HONOR, AND EMBRACE YOUR TRUE CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. CONTINUE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHEN YOU'RE BLOCKING MIRACLES, AND IN THAT INSTANT CHOOSE AGAIN.

                                  LOOK FOR LOVE AND EXPECT MIRACLES

                THIS NEXT STEP IS TO SPEND MINDFUL MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY LOOKING FOR LOVE. WHEN YOU DELIBERATELY FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON LOVE AND JOY, THEN YOU OPEN THE FOODGATES TO RECEIVE MIRACLES. MOST OF US GET CAUGHT UP FOCUSING ON WHAT'S GOING WRONG. BUT WHAT IF WE SPENT OUR DAYS LOOKING AT ALL THAT'S GOING RIGHT? MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO LOOK FOR LOVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

                   TO IGNITE THIS PROCESS, BEGIN YOUR DAY WITH A PRAYER: " I FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON THE LOVE THAT IS AROUND ME, AND I EXPECT MIRACLES".

                 REPEAT THIS PRAYER AND FEEL THE POWER OF THESE WORDS. KNOW THAT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SAY THESE WORDS OUT LOUD WILL SET YOU ON THE RIGHT FOOT. WHEN YOU LOOK FOR LOVE, YOU PROACTIVELY COLLABORATE WITH THE UNIVERSE TO BRING YOU BACK TO A MIRACLE MIND-SET. REMEMBER, A SIMPLE SHIFT IN YOUR PERCEPTION IS A MIRACLE. THE MOMENT THAT YOU FORGIVE YOUR SPOUSE AND MOVE ON FROM A STUPID ARGUMENT IS A MIRACLE. OR WHEN YOU ASK FOR A SIGN FROM THE UNIVERSE AND YOU GET IT, IT'S A MIRACLE. MIRACLE CAN BE WILD SYNCHRONICITIES OR THEY CAN BE SIMPLE SHIFTS. THE COURSE SAYS, "THERE IS NO ORDER OF DIFFICULTY AMONG MIRACLES".

                 IT'S IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THESE MIRACLES BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE UNIVERSE. THANKING THE UNIVERSE REINFORCES YOUR FAITH AND TRUST THAT YOU'RE IN SYNC WITH A POWER GREATER THAN YOURSELF. REMEMBER THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSE IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. THE BEST CONVERSATION BEGIN WITH THE WORDS THANK YOU.

                                            PRACTICE NONINTERFERENCE

                    PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOU YOUR DAY SHIFTS WHEN YOU COMMIT TO LOVE. THE COURSE SAYS, "YOU NEED DO NOT ANYTHING". YOU DON'T NEED TO "WORK MIRACLES" OR MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN. YOU MERELY ALIGN WITH YOUR TRUE LOVE NATURE AND ALLOW YOUR EYES TO SEE WHAT YOU DESIRE.

                THE COURSE TEACHES THAT MIRACLES ARE HABITS AND SHOULD BE INVOLUNTAR. THEY SHOULD NOT BE UNDER CONSCIOUS CONTROL, BECAUSE CONSCIOUSLY SELECTED MIRACLES CAN BE MISGUIDED. WITH THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE, THE COURSE REMINDS US TO TURN INWARD AND ASK FOR HELP WHENEVER WE DISCONNECT FROM OUR MIRACLE MIND-SET. MIRACLES BECOME INVOLUNTARY WHEN WE MAKE TURNING TO LOVE A HABIT. WHEN WE DETOUR INTO FEAR, WE CAN CALL ON THE UNIVERSE TO HELP US RESTORE OUR THOUGHTS BACK TO LOVE. WHENEVER WE ASK FOR HELP, THE MIRACLES WILL BE PRESENTED. WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN BE RECEPTIVE TO THE GUIDANCE THAT COMES. THIS RELAXED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSE GIVES US THE CHANCE TO BE AT PEACE.

                  

                      EVERYTHING YOU NEED WILL BE SHOWN TO YOU

                                              HEIGHTEN YOUR FAITH

                   THE NEXT STEP  IN CO-CREATING WITH THE UNIVERS IS TO CREAT A FAITH                          STATEMENT.

                 THIS EXERCISE BEGINS WITH A QUESTION:

              WHA WOULD YOUR LIFE BE LIFE IF YOU KNEW YOU WERE ALWAYS BEING                           GUIDED?

              TAKE A MOMENT TO FREE-WRITE YOUR RESPONSES.

              WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY IF KNEW THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD YOUR                     BACK?

              DO YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL PROOF THAT THE UNIVERSE IS IN FACT GUIDING YOU? WRITE YOUR STORY. (IF YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF YET, YOU WILL BY THE TIME YOU COMPLETE THIS CHAPTER. FEEL FREE TO REVISIT THIS LESSON LATER)

             FEEL THE FAITHFUL ENERGY THAT THIS STORY IGNITES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL PROOF, IT'S FINE TO LEAN ON SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY OR ON ANY OF THE STORIES IN THIS CHAPTER.

           TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO TAP INOT THE FEELINGS OF FAITH THAT THESE STORIES IGNITE.

                      HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE IN FAITH?

                       WHAT DOES YOUR FAITH FIVE YOU THE FREEDOM TO DO OR DO OR BE?

                      NOW LET'S CREATE FAITH STATEMENT. THIS STATEMENT HELPS YOU ACCESS YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSE AND THE POSITIVE CO-CREATION OF YOUR LIFE. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE A FAITH STATEMENT THAT IGNITES A FEELING OF LOVE, CONNECTION, AND INSPIRATION WITHIN YOU. THIS STATEMENT CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.

                    MY FAITH STATEMENT IS " I KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE IS AN EVER-PRESENT ENERGY FIELD OF LOVE. I KNOW THAT  WHEN I ALIGN WITH THE ENERGY OF LOVE THROUGH THOUGHTS, ACTIONS, AND BELIEFS, I AM GIVEN INFINITE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE. I KOW THAT I CAN CO-CREATE MY REALITY WITH THIS LOVING PRESENCE SO THAT I CAN LIVE IN JOY AND SPREAD LIGHT.

                   READING THIS STATMENT OUT LOUD MOVE S ME TO TEARS. THAT'S THE GOAL. WRITE FEW STATEMENT THAT MOVES YOU FROM YOUR CORE. USE SOME OF WHAT YOU'VE ALREAY WRITEN DOWN IN YOUR RESPONSE ABOVE AND WRITE A STATEMENT THAT LOCKS YOU INTO A HEART-CENTERED STATE OF FAITH IN THE UNIVERSE.

                       WRITE YOUR FAITH STATEMENT, AND DON'T EDIT A WORD. WRITE DOWN WHATEVER COMES OUT. DON'T JUDGE WHAT YOU WRITE, AND DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT PERFECT, JUST LET IT FLOW. YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPAND UPON YOUR FAITH STATEMENT, SO DON'T FEEL STUCK IN WHAT YOU WRITE.

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GOALS GUIDANCE

 

                        

                           TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL

                    TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL. BE ABLE TO SAY TO THE UNIVERSE, THY WILL BE DONE. AND TO KNOW IT WITHIN YOUR INTENTIONS. SPEND TIME IN THIS THOUGHT. CONSIDER WHAT IT MEANS TO SAY, "THY WILL BE DONE", AND ALLOW YOUR LIFE TO GO INTO THE HANDS OF THE UNIVERSE COMPLETELY.

                   TO RESTORE YOUR CONNECTION TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, YOU HAVE TO LOOSEN YOUR GRIP. WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR PLANS AND RELEASE CONTROL, YOU STOP PURSUING THE PATH OF YOUR MISGUIDED EGO. YOU ALLOW THE VOICE OF YOUR INTUITION AND THE ENERGY OF LOVE TO BE YOUR GUIDE.

                 THE WAY TO TAKE YOUR HANDSOFF THE WHEEL IS THROUGH PRAYER. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF SURRENDER, BEGIN EACH DAY WITH THESE WORDS ;

                        TODAY I SURRENDER MY GOALS AND PLANS TO THE 

                        CARE OF THE UNIVERSE. I OFFER UP MY AGENDA AND 

                        ACCEPT SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE. I TRUST THAT THERE IS A

                        PLAN FAR GREATER THAN MINE. I KNOW THAT WHERE

                       THERE ONCE WAS LACK AND LIMITATION THERE ARE 

                       SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS AND CREATIVE IDEAS. I STEP BACK

                       AND LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY. THY WILL BE DONE

         

                 THESE WORDS WILL HELP YOU HUMBLY SURRENDER TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE UNIVERSE. SOMETHING MIRACULOUS HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET GO AND ALLOW. YOU OPEN UP TO AN INFINITE FIELD OF POSSIBILITIES. THE MOMENT I SURRENDERED MY DESIRE TO BE A MOTHER, I FELT TAKEN CARE OF, I KNEW THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS GUIDING ME IN THE PERFECT DIRECTION, THE UNIVERSE WAS GUIDANCE ME IN THE PART OF THE UNIVERSE GAVE ME FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS IN THE MIDST OF UNCERTAINLY.

                                                         TURN OVER TIME

                    THE BIGGEST BLOCK OF LIVING WITH FAITH IS TIME. THERE ARE MANY SITUATIONS IN OUR LIVES THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL. YOU CAN'T DECIDE THE EXACT DAY YOU'LL CONCEIVE, THE MOMENT THAT YOUR LOVER WILL PROPOSE, OR A MILLION OTHER THINGS. BUT YOU CAN CONTROL HOW YOU EXPERIENCE EACH MOMENT OF EACH DAY. THE WAY TO SURRENDER YOU NEED TO CONTROL TIME IS TO EMBRACE THE PRESENT MOMENT. IN ANY MOMENT YOU CAN RECEIVE A MIRACLE WITH THE DECISION TO CHOOSE LOVE. THAT SIMPLE CHOICE, TO CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR, CAN RELEASE YOU OF TIME AND RESTORE YOUR HOPE AND FAITH. LOVE IS A DECISION, AND ALL THAT IS ASKED OF YOU IS THE WILLINGNESS TO CHOOSE IT. EACH TIME YOU DO IS A MIRACLE. AND WITH TOTAL WILLINGNESS YOUR OBSESSION WITH TIME WILL END. THE MIRACLE IS NOW.

                    A COURSE IN MIRACLES LESSON BEFORE. THE LIGHT HAS COME. I ONCE HAD A DEEP CONVERSATION WITH MY FRIEND AND MENTOR ROBERT HOLDEN. WE BOTH HAVE A SHARED LOVE FOR THIS LESSON. FOR ROBERT IT'S A GENTLE REMINDER THAT THE LIGHT ISN'T COMING WHEN YOU GET THE JOB OR THE BABY IS BORN. THE LIGHT HAS COME. IT'S ALREADY HERE. IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT, YOU CAN SURRENDER TO THE LIGHT AND LIVE IN THE MIRACLE. 

                   TO GIVE UP OUR OBSESSION WITH TIME, WE MUST ACCEPT THAT THE LIGHT HAS COME. WE ALREADY EMBODY ALL THE LOVE, JOY, AND PEACE WE LONG FOR. IN ANY MOMENT, WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF CAUGHT UP IN TIME, YOU CAN RETURN TO THE MIRACLE OF THE MOMENT. ACCEPT THAT THE LIGHT HAS COME, AND LIVE IN THE MIRACLE. IMAGINE HOW FREE YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE MOMENT TO MOMENT RATHER THAN MILESTONE TO MILESTONE.

                  WHEN YOU TURN OVER TIME, YOU CAN TRUST IN THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE. YOU HAVE FAITH THAT EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING TO YOU IN THE PERFECT TIME SO THAT YOU CAN GROW AND HEAL. EMBRACE THE MIRACLE AVAILABLE IN EVERY MOMENT, AND EACH STEP WILL BE PERFECTLY LAID OUT BEFORE YOU. DON'T TRUST YOUR SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION, ENJOY IT. IT'S THE JOURNEY THAT MATTERS, NOT THE DESTINATION.

                                                    SURRENDER YOUR GOAL

                                              AND LET FAITH TAKE THE LEAD

                    WE MUST LEARN TO GIVE UP GOALS AND EMBRACE HOPE AND FAITH. GOALS OFTEN IMPLY THAT YOU NEED TO  ACHIEVE SOMETHING ELSE TO BE HAPPY. REMEMBER, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH VISIONS, DREAMS, AND DESIRES AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO SURRENDER THEM. THE KEY IS TO GENTLY HOLD GREAT VISION AND THEN RELEASE THEM TO THE UNIVERSE.

                     TO FEEL FREE AND SURRENDERED, WE MUST LEARN TO RELEASE OUR ATTACHMENTS, DEEPAK CHOPRA SAYS, "WHEN YOU'RE HAPPY FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE STILL IN MISERY BECAUSE THAT REASON CAN BE TAKEN FROM YOU TOMORROW. INSTEAD OF SEEKING SOME REASON OR OUTCOME TO MAKE US HAPPY, WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST IN THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE. EACH DAY BRINGS NEW MIRACLES TO CELEBRATE. EACH MOMENT CAN BE A MIRACLE IF WE CHOOSE TO PERCEIVE IT THAT WAY.

 

                   INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON GOALS AND OUTCOMES, REDIRECT YOUR FOCUS INTO CELEBRATING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE . TAKE TIME EACH DAY TO DEVOTE YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT IS THRIVTING PREGNANT ON A SPECIFIC DATE AND CHOSE INSTEAD TO FOCUS ON THE DEEP LOVE I HAVE FOR MY HUSBAND. I MADE IT MY INTENTION TO FEEL CONNECTED AND IN LOVE. I REDIRECTED MY ENERGY INTO MY BODY AND THE HEALTH I AM BLESSED TO ENJOY. I CONCENTRATED ON MY HOME AND THE SPACE I AM CREATING FOR THE BABY I AM READY TO CALL INTO MY LIFE. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON WHEN I WILL HAVE SOMETHING (OR SOMEONE) NEW, I FOCUSED ON WHAT I ALREADY HAVE.

                  WHEN YOU RETURN YOUR FOCUS TO WHAT YOU ALREADY EMBODY AND ENJOY IN YOUR LIFE, YOU CAN LET GO OF WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CUT OFF YOUR DESIRE. INFACT, IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE. YOU BRING FAR MORE LOVE AND ENERGY TO YOUR DESIRE WHEN YOU TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF. FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU DO HAVE CREATES MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT.

                                   TURN IT OVER TO THE HOLY TRIANGLE

                A BEAUTIFUL ELEMENT OF MY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE IS MY HOLY TRIANGLE. IT'S A WOODEN TRIANGLE THAT HANGS ABOVE MY ALTAR. EACH EDGE OF THE TRIANGLE HAS A MEANING, FAITH, LOVE, AND CHARITY. THE TRIANGLE IS A SYMBOL USED IN THE JOHN OF GOD COMMUNITY TO FACILITATE SPIRITUAL SURRENDER. THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN YOU WRITE DOWN YOUR DESIRE AND PLACE IT IN THE HOLY TRIANGEL, THE DESIRE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF. YOU LEAVE YOUR DESIRE IN THE TRIANGLE FOR A WEEK, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK YOU REMOVE THE PIECE OF PAPER AND BURN IT. 

                        THE ACT OF BURNING THE PAPER SYMBOLIZES YOUR FAITH AND TRUST THAT YOUR DESIRE IS BEING SUPPORTED. (I BURN MY PAPER OVER THE KITCHEN SINK. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN IT, YOU CAN FLUSH IT DOWN THE TOILET).

                      WHEN I WAS WRAPPING UP THIS CHAPTER, I REALIZED THAT I HADN'T PLACED MY DESIRE TO BE A MOTHER INTO THE HOLY TRIANGLE. ALL THIS TIME I'D BEEN SO CONTROLLING THAT I'D FORGOTTEN THIS CRUCIAL STEP. PLACING MY DESIRE INTO THE TRIANGLE ALLOWED ME TO THE UNIVERSE THAT I KNOW IT'S BEING HANDLED.

                    YOU TOO CAN HAVE A HOLY TRIANGLE. YOU CAN MAKE ONE, OR IF THAT ISN'T YOU, SIMPLY USE A BOX. I'VE TAUGHT MANY PEOPLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN GOD BOX, AND IT OFFER THE SAME WAY THAT EMPOWERS YOU. ONCE YOU HAVE THE TRIANGLE OR BOX. TRY IT OUT. WRITE DOWN YOUR DESIRE AND PLACE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE UNIVERSE. AT THE END OF ONE WEEK, TAKE IT OUT AND BURN IT. (BE SURE TO BURN IT SAFELY IN THE SINK) 

                  THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. AT YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THIS PRACTICE. BE MINDFUL NOT TO PUT THE SAME DESIRE BACK IN THE BOX. THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT YOU DIDN'T TRUST IT WAS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

                 THIS IS A POWERFUL PRACTICE OF SURRENDERING. PRACTICE THE THREE STEPS ABOVE AND THEN OFF UP YOUR DESIRE TO THE HOLY TRIANGLE (OR BOX) PLACE YOUR DESIRE IN YOUR TRIANGLE, AND SAY A SILENT PRAYER TO SURRENDER IT TO THE UNIVERSE. TURN IT OVER ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND KNOW YOUR REQUEST IS BEING HEARD.

                       THESE FOUR STEPS WILL GREATLY HELP YOU SURRENDER WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED AND EMBRACE WHAT IS OF THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL. FOCUS ON THE SUBTLE, MOMENT-TO-MOMENT SHIFTS. AS A COURSE IN MIRACLES REMINDS US, "EACH SMALL STEP WILL CLEAR A LITTLE OF THE DARKNESS AWAY".

                            YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU'VE TRULY SURRENDERED. YOU KNOW YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU TRUST THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS A BETTER PLAN THAN YOU DO. YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU NO LONGER MANIPULATE AND FORCE OUTCOMES. YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU LET GO OF THE NEED TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE AND LET THE UNIVERSE GET TO WORK INSTEAD. FINALLY, YOU KNOW YOU'VE SURRENDERED WHEN YOU DON'T DEFEND YOUR NEED TO CONTROL.

                  FOLLOW THIS PATH, AND SURRENDER YOUR GOALS. HERE'S THE RECAP OF THE STEPS TO SURRENDER:

                      1. TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL THROUGH PRAYER.

                      2. TURN OVER TIME BY ACCEPTING THE PRESENT MOMENT AS A                                          MIRACLE.

                     3. SURRENDER YOUR GOALS AND LET FAITH TAKE THE LEAD.

                     4. RELEASE YOUR DESIRE TO YOUR GOD BOX OR HOLY TRIANGLE.                                     TRUST IT IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

                     THESE STEPS WILL CLEAR EVEN MORE SPACE FOR THE UNIVERSE TO SERVE AS YOUR GUIDE. ONCE AGAIN I'M REMINDED OF THE WISDOM OF A COURSE IN MIRACLES. "THERE IS A WAY OF LIVING THAT IS NOT HERE THROUGH IT SEEMS TO BE. YOU DO NOT CHANGE APPEARANCE BUT YOU SMILE MORE FREQUENTLY. YOUR FOREHEAD IS SOFT AND YOUR EYES ARE SERENE".

                     SURRENDER OFFERS YOU THIS KIND OF SERENITY. WHEN YOU PRACTICE SURRENDER, YOU'LL BEGIN TO LEAN ON A POWER GREATER THAN YOU. IN TIME YOU'LL KNOW IT'S ALWAYS THERE, AND YOU'LL RELY ON IT.

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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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YOUR DESIRE PATH ARE CLEAR

 

                                       THE PATH FOR WHAT YOU DESIRE

                    IN 2005, EARLY IN MY SOBER RECOVERY, I WAS BUSY READING ALL TYPES OF SELF-HELP BOOKS, WATCHING HAY HOUSE DVDS. LISTENING TO SPIRITUAL PODCASTS, AND SOAKING UP ALL THE GUIDANCE I COULD GET MY HANDS ON. THERE WAS ONE DVD IN PARTICULAR I JUST LOVED. THE DVD WAS CALLD YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE, AND IT FEATURED MANY OF THE AUTHORS WHOSE FACES GRACED MY BOOKSHELVES, INCLUDING LOUISE HAY, CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, AND THE AMAZING DR.WAYNE DYER. IT WAS WAYNE DYER'S PART OF THE FILM THAT I FOUND MOST MOVING, AND I WOULD WATCH HIM ON REPEAT. I FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIS PROFOUND ONE-LINERS SUCH AS , "AS YOU THINK, SO SHALL YOU BE" AND "YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT". THESE BECAME MY MANTRAS, AND THROUGH WAYNE'S GUIDANCE I BEGN TO PLACE GREAT EMPHASIS ON CHOOSING THE THOUGHTS I DESIRED TO CO-CREATE MY OWN REALITY.

                       EACH DAY I TOOK WAYNE'S ADVICE AND WILLINGLY SUSPENDED MY DISBELIEF. I'D LET GO OF ALL LIMITATION AND ALLOW MY MIND TO DREAM. I HELD VISIONS OF WRITING SPIRITUAL BOOKS IN WHICH I WOULD  EXPRESS THE INCREDIBLE HEALING AND GROWTH I WAS EXPERIENCING. I SAW MYSELF AS A SPEAKER AND TEACHER. I WOULD CREATE IMAGES OF MYSELF LEADING TALKS ALONGSIDE THESE GREAT TEACHERS AND OFFER GUIDANCE TO AUDIENCES WHO, LIKE ME, LONGED FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND HEALING.

                      I STAYED TRUE TO MY VISION, STRENGTHENED MY CERTAINLY, AND TRUSTED THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS SUPPORTING MY WORK. MY CERTAINTY GAVE ME A SENSE OF PEACE. I NEVER FELT THE NEED TO PUSH MY CAREER AHEAD AND INSTEAD TRUSTED THERE WAS A PLAN. THE UNIVERSE RESPONDED WELL TO MY PEACE OF MIND. IN TIME MY CERTAINLY TURNED INTO FORM, AND MY VISION BECAME MY REALITY. IN 2009 I SIGNED MY FIRST BOOK DEAL FOR ADD MORE - ING TO YOUR LIFE. A HIP GUIDE TO HAPPINESS. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED A GALLERY OF THE BOOK I SENT A COPY TO WAYNE DYER. I MAILED THE BOOK TO AN ADDRESS MAUI WITH NO EXPECTATION OF GETTING A RESPONSE. ALONG WITH THE BOOK I ENCLOSED A THANK YOU NOTE TO WAYNE FOR HELPING ME TURN MY VISIONS INTO FORM. IT FELT AMAZING I HAD SENT THE BOOK, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER HE GO IT.

                 A FEW WEEKS LATER, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL POSTMARKED FROM MAUI. OPENED THE ENVELOP TO FIND A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM WAYNE DYER! HE THANKED ME FOR THE BOOK AND ENCOURAGED ME TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH MY CAREER. I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HIS GENEROSITY AND LOVE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE TOOK THE TIME TO RESPOND TO ME.

                   SEVERAL MONTHS LATER I ATTENDED A HAY HOUSE EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE WAYNE WAS THE HEADLINE SPEAKER. I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW, HANGING ON EVERY WORD. MIDWAY THROUGH HIS TALK, WAYNE GRABBED A BOOK FROM A TABLE ON THE STAGE AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT A YOUNG NEW AUTHOR WHO HAD PUBLISHED HER FIRST BOOK. HE SAID, "THIS YOUNG WOMAN WILL BE ON THIS STAGE ONE DAY SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE THIS LARGE. SHE WILL BE A FANTASTIC TEACHER, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO GO OUT AND BUY HER BOOK".

                HE THEN SAID, "GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN, PLEASE STAND UP AND SAY HI TO THE AUDIENCE". I WAS SHOCKED - I HADN'T REALIZED THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME ! I STOOD UP AND WAVED TO THE AUDIENCE AND THANKED WAYNE FOR HIS GENEROSITY. THAT MOMENTS WAS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'D DREAMED ABOUT.

                        THREE MORE YEARS PASSED, AND IN THAT TIME I PUBLISHED ANOTHER THREE BOOKS. THE VISIONS I HELD OF BEING A SPEAKER, AUTHOR, AND SPIRITUAL TEACHER WERE COMING INTO FORM. THE MORE I ENJOYED THE PROCESS AND FOCUSED ON THE SERVICE AND JOY BEHIND MY WORK, THE MORE IT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE UNIVERSE. THEN, ONE DAY IN 2014 IN NEW YORK CITY, I WALKED INTO THE STAGE AT JAVITS CENTER TO GIVE A TALK. STEPPING INTO THE STAGE AND LOOKING OUT AT THE BIG AUDIENCE, I REALIZED THIS WAS THE EXACT STAGE WHERE WAYNE HAD STOOD YEARS BEFORE, FORESHADOWING THIS MOMENT. MY LONGTIME VISION HAD COME INTO TRUE FORM, ' AS YOU THINK, YOU SHALL BE".

                    HARD WORK, PASSION, AND COMMITMENT CAN BRING YOU ALL THESUPPORT YOU NEED TO FULLFILL YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE. CERTAINLY OF OUTCOME, HOWEVER, IS THE SECRET INGREDIENT. WHEN WE ARE CERTAIN, WE CAN RELAX INTO  A KNOWING AND FAITH. MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE PASSAGE FROM A COURSE IN MIRACLES IS, "THOSE WHO ARE CERTAIN OF THE OUTCOME CAN AFFORD TO WAIT AND WAIT WITHOUT ANXIETY". THIS PASSAGE GIVES ME A SENSE OF POWER. WE ALL LONG FOR CERTAINLY IN OUR LIVES, BUT OUR WORLD FEELS ANYTHING BUT CERTAIN. WE HAVE GROWN TO BELIEVE IN FEAR, POWERLESSNESS, AND DOUBT. THE MESSAGES IN THIS BOOK ARE MEANT TO CHALLENGE THESE LIMITING BELIEFS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ON A NEW PERSPECTIVE - ONE THAT LETS YOU LEARN TO TRUST FULLY IN  A PATH AND A POWER GREATER THAN YOU. WHEN YOU LET YOURSELF DREAM BIG DREAMS, AND LEARN TO RELY ON YOUR INNER WISDOM, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF CERTAINTY. 

                                                    CERTAIN PATHWAY

              1. THE FIRST STEP ON THE PATH TOWARD CERTAINLY IS YOUR READINESS. STAY WILLING TO BE FREE ON A MOMENT-TO-MOMENT BASIS.

              2. TAP INTO THE FEELINGS YOU DESIRE THROUGH YOUR MEDITATION.

              3. BEGIN A DIALOGUE WITH THE UNIVERSE THROUGH YOUR WRITING EXERCISE.

             4. CONSCIOUSLY CO-CREATE YOUR REALITY BY TAPPING INOT THE FEELINGS YOU DESIRE AND CULTIVATING THOSE FEELINGS IN MOMENTS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY.

           5. STOP PRAYING FOR A OUTCOME AND INSTEAD, PRAY FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL.

          6. ESTABLISH A SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP OF YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IT WILL CHANGE AND GROW, BUT FOR TODAY, HONOR YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNIVERSE.

                A COURSE IN MIRACLES SAYS, "I LOSE THE WORLD FROM ALL I THOUGHT IT WAS, AND CHOOSE MY OWN REALITY INSTEAD". WHEN YOU LEARN ON CERTAINLY AND FAITH, YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THE WORLD YOU SEE. YOUR FAITH HAS THE POWER TO TURN TRAUMA INTO HEALING, CONFLICT INTO GREAT GROWTH, AND FEAR INTO LOVE. DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE ONE MEDITATION, PRAYER, AND POSITIVE DESIRE AT A TIME. LET YOUR FAITH BE YOUR GUIDE AS YOU RELEASE THE PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW AND EMBRACE TRUE FREEDOM AND PEACE.'

                  IN THE COMING CHAPTER WE BUILD ON YOUR FAITH AS YOU BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE HOW THE UNIVERSE TALKS TO YOU. THE PRACTICES AND STORIES IN CHAPTER 8 WILL GUIDE YOU TO DEEPEN YOUR DAILY DIALOGUE WITH THE UNIVERSE SO THAT THE PRESENCE OF LOVE TAKES ON A NEW ROLE IN YOUR LIFE. GET PSYCHED FOR WHAT'S IN STORE....

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THE UNIVERSE WORKS FAST WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

 

                                                    

                                                              HAVE FUN !

 

                              IN 2014 MY HUSBAND AND I SPENT NINE MONTHS HUNTING FOR A NEW APARTMENT. WE LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE MARKET THAT CAN MAKE RENTING OR BUYING REAL ESTATE CHALLENGING. IN ADDITION, OUR SEARCH HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH ONE OF THE BEST SELLER'S MARKETS IN RECENT HISTORY. CONSEQUENTLY, EACH NEW VIEWING WOULD LEAVE US MORE AND MORE DEPRESSED. OUR REACTION TO EVERYTHING WAS, "UGH, ANOTHER OVERPRICED, CRAPTASTIC LISTING!".

                          WE QUICKLY LOST SIGHT OF THE JOY THAT COMES WITH BUYING YOUR FIRST HOME. INSTEAD WE STARTED TO FEEL TERRIBLE BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING PRICED OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO LIVE IN. THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS BRINGING US DOWN. IN TIME WE STARTED TO GET SICK, FIGHT, AND LOSE FAITH IN OUR DREAM HOME.

                    THEN ONE NIGHT, AFTER SPENDING THREE HOURS IN BROOKLYN TOURING OVERPRICED APARTMENTS ALL IN NEED OF GUT RENOVATIONS, WE BOTH UNRAVELED. MY HUSBAND WAS ANGRY AND RECITING HIS MANTRA, "THIS IS UN-FUN. THIS IS UN-FUN".  I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE'D SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO EXIST. THEN, IN THE MIDST OF A MINI MELTDOWN. I SAID THE MAGIC WORDS TO MY HUSBAND. "THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY. LET'S PRAY FOR A CREATIVE SOLUTION". HE NODDED YES, AND WE PRAYED. I SAID, "THANK YOU, UNIVERSE, FOR OPENING US UP TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES. WE SURRENDER OUR PLANS TO YOU. SHOW US WHAT YOU'VE GOT". WITHIN SECONDS WE BOTH FELT LIGHTER. A SMILE CAME OVER ME AS I SETTLED INTO THE FEELING OF SURRENDER. AND MY HUNBAND WAS NOW SMILING TOO. HE WAS THRILLED THAT WE'D FINALLY RELEASED OUR NEED TO CONTROL. IN OUR SURRENDER WE'D REALIGNED WITH THE TRUE SOURCE OF POWER- THE UNIVERSE.

                 IN THAT SURRENDER, AN INSPIRED IDEA CAME FORTH. I SAID TO MY HUSBAND. "HONEY, YOU KNOW HOW WE ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY? WHY DON'T WE REVERSE OUR SEARCH AND CHECK OUT SOME HOUSES UPSTATE?". HE LOOKED AT ME WITH EXCITEMENT AND SAID, "THA SOUNDS FUN". WE WERE BACK IN ACTION! FORTY-FIVE MINUTES LATER, MY HUSBAND HAD FOUND FOUR LISTINGS IN THE COUNTRY. WITHIN 24 HOURS WE'D CONNECTED WITH A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND SET UP A TOUR OF ALL FOUR HOUSES, INCLUDING A REALLY AWESOME ONE ON A MOUNTAIN. THAT SUNDAY WE HEADED NORTH.

                          UNIVERSAL LESSON : THE UNIVERSE WORKS

                                      FAST WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

                    THE FIRST HOUSE WE VISITED WAS THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE. AS WE APPOACHED IT, MY HUSBAND SAID, "THIS IS THE ONE. I CAN FEEL IT". WE PULLED INTO A MAGICAL DRIVEWAY, HUNDREDS OF YARDS LONG, THAT WOUND ITS WAY UP A STEEP PATH CUT THROUGH THE WOODS. THE DRIVE EMPTIED INTO A CHARMING WORLD OF ENGLISH GARDENS AND STONE WALLS. HERE AND THERE, MARBLE OBJECTS AND UNUSUAL PLANTINGS JOYFULLY PLAYED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPING. SURROUNDINGS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WERE TREES DISPLAYING EVERY COLOR OF FOLIAGE. AND THE CENTERPIECE OF THE LIVING ROOM WAS A VIEW THAT STRETCHED FOR MILES. SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS AT ONCE EXCITING AND CALMING. THE MOMENT WE WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, I FELT A RUSH OF LOVING ENERGY MOVE THROUGH MY BODY. I SAID TO MY HUSBAND AND THE AGENT, "THIS IS MAKES NO SENSE, BUT I FEEL AT HOME". WE WENT ON TO LOOK AT A FEW MORE HOUSES, BUT NONE OF THEM SEEMED TO MAKE US FEEL US GOOD AS THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE DID.

               OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE VISITED THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE SEVERAL MORE TIME TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY. ON OUR FOURTH VISIT, WE INVITED OUR PARENTS ALONG TO GET THEIR OPINIONS. THE DAY BEFORE OUR PARENTS ALONG TO GET THEIR OPINIONS. THE DAY BEFORE OUR PARENTS VISIT, I WAS THE PHONE WITH MY DEAR FRIEND COLETTE BARON-REID, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A POWERFUL PSYCHIC MEDIUM. I WAS TELLING COLETTE ALL ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE. I SHARED MY EXCITEMENT AND MY UNCERTAINLY. SHE SAID, "HAVE YOU ASKED FOR A SIGN?" I REPLIED, "A SIGN, WHAT'S THAT?", SHE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT WHENVER SHE MOVES INTO A NEW HOME, SHE ASKS FOR A SIGN. HER SIGN IS A DRAGONFLY. SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE FOUND HER LAST HOME, SHE KNEW IT WAS HERS WHEN SHE FOUND HER LAST HOME, SHE  KNEW IT WAS HERS WHEN SHE SAW A BOOK IN THE HOUSE WITH A DRAGONFLY ON THE COVER.

                I LOVED THE IDEA OF ASKING FOR A SIGN. I SAID TO COLETTE, "I REALLY DIG THE DRAGONFLY. BUT MY SIGN WILL BE AN OWL". I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I CHOSE THE OWL. MAYBE THE OWL CHOSE ME?

 

                 SO WE SET OFF TO VISIT THE HOUSE WITH OUR PARENTS. THE MOMENT WE ARRIVED, I NOTICED A GIFT CARD ON THE KITCHEN TABLE WITH A DRAGONFLY ON IT! I TOOK THAT AS A PRELIMINARY SIGN. THOUGH I'D FOUND COLETTE'S DRAGONFLY, I WAS STILL COMMITTED TO FINDING MY OWL. I SCOURED THE HOUSE SEARCHING FOR THE OWL. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE OWL EVERYWHERE - ON BOOKS, IN THE TREES, EVEN ON DISHWARE. BY THE TIME WE WERE READY TO LEAVE THE HOUSE,I STILL HADN'T FOUND MY OWL. I TEXTED COLETTE AND SAID, "I DIDN'T FIND MY OWL, BUT I FOUND YOUR DRAGONFLY"! SHE REPLIED, "GREAT! WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAGONFLY SO THAT'S ENOUGH:.

                COLOETTE'S REPLY CALMED ME DOWN, AND WE GO IN THE CAR TO HEAD HOME. BEFORE WE GOT ON THE HIGHWAY, MY HUSBAND AND I STOPPED IN TOWN FOR A COFFEE. WHEN WE WERE WALKING BACK TO OUR CAR, I TURNED TO THE LEFT AND GLANCED AT THE BUMPER OF A CAR NEXT TO OURS. ON THE BUMBPER WAS  STICKER OF A MASSIVE FLYING OWL. I SCREAMED, " I FOUND OUR OWL!". IT WAS BIG SIGN THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD OUR BACK.

              A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE MADE AN OFFER ON THE HOUSE, AND IT WAS ACCEPTED INSTANTLY. AS EXCITED AS WE WERE, WE WERE ALSO NERVOUS. BECAUSE THIS WAS WE WERE, WE WERE ALSO VERY BOTH WARY OF GETTING TOO EXCITED BEFORE THE PAPERWORK WAS SIGNED.

              IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE FINAL TERMS ON THE CONTRACT, WE TRAVELED LONDON BECAUSE I HAD SEVERAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS. WHILE I WAS IN LONDON. MY FEAR BEGAN CREEPING UP ON ME.

             RATHER THAN LEFT FEAR AND UNCERTAINLY GET THE BEST OF ME, I CHOSE TO PRAY ABOUT IT. I HAD AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH THE UNIVERSE. I SAID, "THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME ONCE AGAIN THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH. UNIVERSE, I THINK I NEED MORE OWLS...."

              WHEN YOU'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HIGHEST GOOD, THE UNIVERSE WORKS FAST. WITHIN AN HOUR OF SAYING THIS FITI STREET ART OWLS, OWL PILLOWS IN STORE WINDOWS, OWLS ON CLOTHIG. OWLS ALL OVER LONDON!

              LATER THAT NIGHT I HAD SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AT A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH CALLED THE SAINT JAMES CATHEDRAL. THE LOVELY SOUNDMAN AT THE CHURCH ALWAYS GIVES THE SPEAKERS A POSTCARD ADORNED WITH ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS. IN THE PAST HE'S GIVEN ME A PAINTING OF A BEAR. THIS NIGHT HE WHOWED UP WITH TWO PAINTINGS. HE SAID, "I KNEW YOUR HUSBAND WAS COMING, SO I BROUGHT YOU BOTH A PIECE OF MY ART". HE HANDED THE FIRST PAINTING, A BEAR, TO MY HUSBAND. THEN HE SAID, " I 'M NOT SURE WHY, BUT I HAD A FEELING THIS ONE WAS FOR YOU.. THEN HE HANDED ME A PAINTING OF AN OWL! IN THIS MOMENT I SIGHED WITH RELIEF KNOWING THAT THE UNIVERSE TRULY HAD BY BACK. I THANKED HIM FOR THE GIFT AND THANKED THE UNIVERSE FOR THE SIGN.

                      TWO WEEKS LATER, MY HUSBAND AND I CLOSED ON OUR MOUNTAIN                            HOUSE.

                      THE MOMENT WE WERE WILLING TO SHIFT OUR INTERNAL PROJECTIONS, WE SHIFTED OUR PERCEPTIONS. WHEN WE TURNED TO PRAYER AND INNER GUIDANCE, WE WERE LED TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES.

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