Setting New Years Resolutions

As another New Year begins many of us set out to make our New Years resolutions. It is a known fact that many New Years resolutions never get past the first two or three months of the year before they are discarded. The resolutions have become too difficult, too uncomfortable, and too time consuming to continue. This year I propose that your New Years resolutions be goals of "Being" rather than goals of having. Instead of setting a goal to lose 30 pounds, set a goal to be healthier. This takes the pressure off of having to lose so much weight per week, giving up your favorite snack, or forcing yourself to exercise when you are not in the mood.

Start off with making a list of what healthy means to you. It could be such things as having more energy, feeling more peaceful, having a stronger immune system, or being stronger and more vibrant. Try to stay away from words or phrases such as being thinner, eating healthier, or exercising more. This only causes you to focus on what you do not want, what you cannot eat, or what you have to do. When you start out your New Years resolution thinking about all the unpleasant things you have to do your mind is already gearing up for failure. We, as human beings, are always striving for what brings us the most peace and joy.

Once you know what healthy means to you, start focusing your thoughts on those positive attributes. If you eat a cookie for a snack do not berate yourself. Instead tell yourself that healthy people eat cookies for snacks, and enjoying this one cookie will not cause you to be unhealthy. When eating lunch tell yourself "Today, I choose to eat one healthy food for lunch". Then eat a piece of fruit, salad or any other piece of food that is healthier than what you normally eat. It could be a skinless, broiled chicken sandwich instead of the usual fried chicken sandwich. Then tell yourself how healthy you are eating. Do not focus on anything you eat that you feel is not healthy. To "Be Healthy" you must think healthy.

Do not focus on what you should do or eat. Instead focus on "Being Healthy". Be healthy in day-to-day increments. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator even once a day is "Being" healthier. Take the elevator the rest of the time. Drink a glass of water in place of one soda today. That is "Being Healthier". Don't worry about the other sodas you drank. At the end of the day if you did at least one thing that was healthier remind yourself of it, and tell yourself you enjoy "Being" healthier. By focusing on "Being Healthier" you will naturally and automatically start doing what you need to do to "Be" your ideal of perfect health.

Remember to "Be" not "do".

Letting Go of Your Past

Your are your own person. You are unique. Your purpose here on earth is to create and to be in a constant state of joy. If you are feeling any negative emotion you are not living your Truth. You are in a state of resistance in this moment. You are resisting the flow of Divine Energy that will enable you to manifest your desires. This resistance is caused by fear, guilt and erroneous beliefs.

You feel there is something more to life, but what is it? Where can you find the joy and inner peace you long for? The joy and inner peace comes from living your Truth. It comes from pursuing your passion. Many times our past experiences get in the way. We are told by others how to live, to dress, to talk, to act, and to think. In the process of trying to please others we are not pleasing ourselves.

You can choose differently. You have the power within you to breakaway from all that is holding you back from living your Truth. The key is to focus on your desires and what you want in this moment. Avoid thinking about what you do not want. If you are not in a state of joy you are focusing on what you do not want. If you are having a hard time finding thoughts that bring you joy try repeating words such as "peace, love, and joy" to yourself. The energy of just saying and thinking these words will help to negate those negative thoughts. It will not always change your mood quickly, but it will put you in the right direction. Persistance is the key.

Suffering

A Course In Miracles talks about suffering not being real. That suffering is in our mind. How can this be so? The heartbreak we feel when a loved one dies, is that not real? The pain one feels when suffering from diseases such as cancer, is that not real?

To understand you have to realize that you are not your body. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. It is your spirit that gives life to your body. Not the other way around. Your body is not real in the sense that it is not everlasting. It is your creation that you chose to take in this human experience. When you suffer whether mentally or physically that is your ego taking control. Your ego is not of God. It is your own doing. You can choose otherwise. You can choose God or Love to take control. Whey you do you rise above suffering. You now are in this world, but not of it.

You can let your Spirit, your God-Self take control. You will be aware of your body and your pain, but you will not be controlled by it. You will not be your pain, but that which rises above your pain. You will not be attached to your pain. In the midst of your suffering you will feel peace and joy.

Have you ever felt sad about something or had an irritating pain in your body that momentarily disappeared when you were intently focused on something else? That is how you rise above suffering. You focus on your Higher Self, on Love, and you will not feel your pain although it may still exist. This is a difficult concept to grasp especially when you are in the midst of your own pain and suffering. It is one worth contemplating and understanding. It is one I, myself, am constantly expanding upon and learning from.

The Energy of Attraction

Everything that you have in your life came to you through the Law of Attraction. Everytime you think a thought you create an energy field. If you think a thought consistently, and with much emotion whether positive or negative you will draw to you that which you focus upon. Everything you have in your life was created by you. Yes you do create your life experience. Your lack of anything is not due to another person, place, or outside circumstance. Your lack is due to the energy you are putting out into the universe.

If you believe you are lacking money, and you dwell upon this thought daily you are sending out an energy of lack. This energy will create more lack in your life. A better job, winning the lottery, or buying the right stock will not change this situation. Until you change this belief of lack to a belief that you are attracting everything you want or need into your life, you will continue experiencing lack in your life. Prosperity starts from the inside. Outside circumstances will not create prosperity in your life. A better paying job may temporarily bring prosperity into your life, but it will not last if your thought energy is one of lack and fear of poverty.

To bring peace, joy, and prosperity into your life you need to take control of your thoughts. This may not be easy at first especially if you have a habit of thinking negatively. Sometimes in your anger, frustration, and depression you may not want to think positively. Sometimes your state of mind is such that you do not know what to think to change your world around. Other times you may really give an effort in creating a positive attraction energy and nothing positive occurs. You may have feelings of frustration and anger over not creating a more positive life. These are all natural processes. Many people experience these feelings and emotions on their way to creating a more peaceful and harmonious life. Please do not give up. This is a sign that you are beginning to block the negative energy forces in your life.

When you catch yourself thinking something negative try and stop that thought in its track. Say to yourself "I attract only the positive and good in my life". Say it until that negative thought goes away. If you cannot stop the thought or are in a state of mind that does not want to stop the thought then think that thought. Remind yourself that you know what you are thinking is sending out negative energy. Just the thought of being aware of the negative energy will help to reduce the negative attraction energy.

Keep up this constant vigilence. Know that you are connected to an Energy Source that many people call God. Know that you can create your hearts desire. Know that you deserve everything you desire. I believe with constant practice you will see positve changes in your life. Please don't give up on yourself.

Uncovering A New Spirituality

I'd like to start this post with some thought provoking ideas mentioned in the book by Neale Donald Walsch, "The New Revelations".

The following excerpt is quoted directly from "The New Revelations" by Neale Donald Walsh:

"There are five things you can choose now if changing your world, and the self-destructive direction in which it is moving, is what you wish to achieve.

1. You can choose to acknowledge that some of your old beliefs about God and about Life are no
longer working.

2. You can choose to acknowledge that there is something you do not understand about God and
about Life, the understanding of which will change everything.

3. You can choose to be willing for a new understanding of God and Life to now be brought forth,
an understanding that could produce a new way of life on your planet.

4. You can choose to be courageous enough to explore and examine this new understanding,
and, if it aligns with your inner truth and knowing, to enlarge your belief system to include
it.

5. You can choose to live your lives as demonstrations of your highest and grandest beliefs,
rather than as denials of them.

These are the Five Steps to Peace, and if you take them, you can shift everything on your planet. "

(End of excerpt)

This new belief system that Neale Walsch is talking about is the belief that God is NOT a judgmental or condemning God. He will not punish you into eternity for not believing certain rules and beliefs. There is no one religion that is the best way or the only way to get to heaven. In this respect, atheists are not heathens condemned to hell. They are one of us. We are all one. We are all connected. God does not love people conditionally. God does exhibit unconditional love. Can we as a world learn to love and respect everyone's truth about God and about Life? Can we as a world choose to drop our beliefs that there is one and only one true way to God and to heaven? Can we as an individual understand that our beliefs about God and about Life are not The Truth about God and about Life? Can we as an individual entertain the thought there is more than one truth about God and about Life, and that all these truths are correct. When that happens, I believe, we will see more love and understanding amongst nations occurring.