The Art of relating

In Social situations I am often amazed by people that seemed compelled to dig up stories of past experiences, dust them off and present them, one after another, seemingly just to fill the space, thinking you will find every detail as fascinating as when they experienced it for the first time.

It is a rare individual that stops, really looks at someone, acknowledging their presence and inquires, in a genuine and interested way, about this unique and yet to be discovered, person that is now before them.

Then there are those that take the opportunity of your presence to complain about all that is not working in their lives.

I think there is a true art to creating an intimate, real, experience of connecting with those you encounter.

I am delighted that there is currently a focus on presence, and I look forward to experiencing that in my relating with people. To stop, and really experience the other's essence.

Perhaps my real challenge is to be present and delight in the unique being I encounter, regardless of their stories, or complaining. Setting aside my judging mind, accepting and embracing them as they are.

Discernment

Each thought you entertain either takes you closer to your joy or farther from it; and it is for you to discern, in each moment, which of your thoughts are serving you, and which of your thoughts are not serving you.

Tony Burroughs

Enlightenment

Last year I told a friend that I was enlightened. I was being a bit cheeky of course, as I may experience moments of enlightenment but it is not yet a continuous effortless stream.

Recently I found a quote that most closely describes what I mean by being enlightened, because there are all kinds of interpretation about what that is.

"Enlightenment means literally aligning to the Energy of my Source. And genius is only about focusing. Law of Attraction takes care of everything else. Physical humans often want to make enlightenment about finding some process and moving through the process that has been pre-described. But true enlightenment is moving to the rhythm of the internal inspiration that is coming in response to the individual desire. Enlightenment is about allowing my connection to the Source that is me for the fulfillment of the things that I have individually defined here in my time/space reality. That's as good as it gets!" Abraham Hicks

When I am aligned with the energy of my Source and moving to the rhythm of the internal inspiration I feel, then I live from a place of fulfillment, joy, ease, sweetness, harmony and I feel a greater sense of trust. I experience a sense of expansion and clarity. I am more able to stay connected to my inner being of light and love.

Of course I do not do this perfectly, but the more I am in this place, the better I feel and the more available I am to embrace and enjoy my moment to moment life experience.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today is an invitation to celebrate your loving connection with family and friends.

How often we cut ourselves short on the infinite love and joy we could be accessing in our daily life experience.

An elderly gentleman after over 50 years of marriage told me that he doesn't celebrate Valentine's Day because he has already said everything there is to say about his love for his wife. Other people complain about the commercialism.

But I say, "Celebrate the blessing of the love in your life! " Do it for free with a look, a word of appreciation spoken from the heart, a warm smile, that says, "Thank you, for being part of my life, for steadfastly loving me, even when I don't always show you my best self." Preferably do it every moment of every day, like my friend Tommy Transit so beautifully demonstrates while at work driving buses in Vancouver as well as at play.

Valentine's day is a reminder to make a special point to flow that energy of love and appreciation. Of course the more that we flow it, the richer and more loving we are and the more full of love our life becomes. We then open to the nourishing life force energy that is the essence of our being, and we are filled to overflowing with this healing light of love.

The more I practice loving kindness with myself and in all my relationships the more I enjoy a deepening and a richness in my life experience.

Our thoughts are things, and we are all transmitters and receivers of thoughts. On a level which is normally invisible to us, these thoughts fly through space, just like radio or TV waves, and they are received by the person we are thinking about. When we send out a thought that pictures someone else in it, this thought is received and it tends to manifest. We are all constantly making suggestions with our thoughts to others of how we would like them to be.

So, when we envision others as suffering in any way, we are contributing to their suffering. Conversely, when we see them in their highest light - happy and full of vitality - that is the message they receive. And that is the message that will help them the most.

From The Intenders Handbook by Tony Burroughs

Daily Spiritual Practise

As I embrace my life as a sacred spiritual journey, I notice that a daily spiritual practice is essential to align my energies and intentions.My dominant intent is to open to a flow of well-being and to feel connection to Source. This is when I feel my best. Then my creativity can blossom and in the overflowing of delicious energy that nourishes my body and being, I am filled with love and I have energy to share with others.

Sweet Remembering

I love the new year. I love the feeling of New Beginnings, fresh starts. This is the first year that I did not write a list of things I wanted to accomplish in the new year. Because I want something completely fresh and new. I want to live moment by moment, choosing that which nourishes me most deeply, and let that be enough.

What nourishes me is remembering Truth, remembering that my soul is eternal, that I am an expression of Source energy and that I chose to be here now.

So while I am here, I choose to savor my moment to moment experience, to breath it in, to delight in it. I am surrounded by such richness and beauty. Every being that I encounter is a unique gift for me to enjoy. I love to witness and breath in the uniqueness of each I am blessed to experience.

Today's Intention: I remember the eternal nature of my being and I delight in the energy of new beginnings and embrace the gift of each person and each experience that I encounter.

I thrive in the grace of the love and light of all that I interact with....

Greetings Dear ones,

I seek the path of highest vibrational alignment. My journey is one of awakening to truth, to light and to love; which is the essence of our being.

I choose a path of non-resistance; a path of beauty and joy. It is my intention to honor the longing of my Soul, expressed through my deepest, most heart felt desires.

It is an honor to share.