Synergies & Energies

 

Namaste Blessed Yes! In the fleeting moments of this transformational September, the smell of first rain is trickling in and all around me as light sprinkles fall on our drought soaked land … I am smiling a blessed, zealous YES! And! I am making the transition from September’s Trust The Truth To Transform Daily Play & Pray Calendar to October’s Zealous Yes Of Love Expressed.  Join us  any day and every day to remember, to celebrate, to co-create! “I fairly sizzle with zeal and enthusiasm, and do the things that ought to be done by me.”~ Charles Fillmore, founder of Unity at age 94
Ever notice how different folks react differently? Ignited or indifferent? It IS always a choice! As I continue the caretaking and spiritual parenting of my 90 year old father, this truth has become poignantly pronounced. Yet, all I can really change is my own energies in this or any other situation. As my father is dying, there is a myriad of responses around us; denial remaining a prevalent one. For some reason, our society in general prefers quantity over quality. As he constantly talks of death, I am one of the few who engages with him in that conversation, that prayer, that silence, that mystery. Others are constantly affirming he has plenty of good years left even though his days are increasingly full of bad moments. As a life long empath, I have to continually separate my energies from his … I sometimes feel so exhausted ~ like I am dying ~ then I turn to my transformational tools to free my energy and align with the ever present omnipresent synergy of what it is to die/give space for rebirth. And ya, sometimes I simply NAP! For any other caregivers out there, you know the exhaustion and I invite us all to keep nurturing ourselves with the same Love we give others. For all those who may read this who know caregivers ~ especially those (siblings) who provide this service in your own family, stop this moment to send Love (in any form) to those in service. As we all choose who and where we serve, we can honor ourselves and all those who do it … especially those who may do it differently than us.

How we are called to the music of our souls is always different!

So! My other choices of how to align with the shine of my divine design include spiritually parenting my teenager, Jeremiah. He is working on getting his driving permit in time to do some of the driving to Salt Lake City this month of October when we go the Parliament Of World Religions. Do say a prayer for us! And I know our helping angels will have the pretty Prius surrounded! I greatly enjoyed making music with my man cub this last Saturday at the El Cerrito Folk Festival. And am so excited & delighted to be presenting a performance PlayShop at the Parliament with my compassion in action, oh so talented teenage musician & co-presenter! Our Creative Spirit Families ministry both online and in live events is still my favorite way to serve! Did you know that the meaning of the word ministry is to serve? So, when we answer the callings of our hearts and souls, we are not only serving our purpose, but also the others we touch, the earth at large and THE creator that breathed our life, passions and gifts into these bodies in the first place! Yessing that blessing of full circle co-creation and manifestation!
Yes! I am loving the Leaping Literacy Online Library that is in my hands as the consolidation nears completion and we ready for the begin again re-opening to paid Marvelous Memberships on 10/10. This week’s Free Shelf is singing and we update the Free Shelf every Fab Friday so do join us with your free Leaping Literacy Library Card! SoulPlay, Spiritual Literacy, New Thought Families, Laurie StorEBooks, ChildSing Music … so much goodness is zealously YES blessed!
May the energies and synergies of your heart & soul callings be in full bloom this moment of our connection. Whatever your circumstances, may beauty find you and bring a smile to your heart and a zealous yes to your breath. Namaste, Love!

Affirm*Believe*Create*Deny

This week’s mindful meditation invitation is to let Love guide you with Affirmations & Denials! As the antithesis of awareness, you may wonder why we’re advocating denial. But denial as a pathway to (more) Love, has always been part of the New Thought teachings as well as most, if not all religions in one form or another. New Thought pioneer & one of Unity’s first published authors, Emilie Cady has a chapter on Denials in her  book, Lessons In Truth. She begins the chapter by pointing out the religious beliefs of some like Puritans who used denial as a means to withold comforts & joys to appease God. But she quickly makes a distinction and definition of denial in New Thought terms, “To deny oneself, then, is not to withhold comfort or happiness from the external man, much less to inflict torture upon him, but it is to deny the claims of error consciousness, to declare these claims to be untrue.” Cady instructs in Lessons In Truth how to use both affirmations & denials to empower you to live the truth of who you are, “Denial brings freedom from bondage, and happiness comes when we can effectually deny the power of anything to touch or trouble us.” So what does that look like in today’s (New Thought) families? Like all spiritual practices, it begins with awareness. We must first be aware of what we are saying, thinking, affirming. Everything spoken & thought is an affirmation of some sort. But are we affirming truth or lies? If I think or speak thoughts of scarcity, I am affirming a lack … of money, community, fellowship … whatever the context. The truth of life is that there is no lack. So I can address this with several different forms of denial; I can use Cady’s blatent ‘go away, you don’t exist’ method or something softer, “I choose to know there is an abundance of money. I am open to the flow of money that is.” We can address the fear behind the scarcity thoughts, again with a commanding “Go away” or something creative like, “Here fear, hold this light. In this light is the truth of who we are.”  Contemporary teacher Byron Katie simply asks, “Is it true?” I use this with myself and with Jeremiah along with Ruiz’s Four Agreements, especially, Don’t Make Assumptions. Whenever we affirm, we are also denying and whenever we deny, we affirm. So, deny doubt, affirm joy. Deny fear, affirm Love. Here is a song filled with such denials & affirmations, enJOY it free this week from New Thought Families.

Affirm & Deny!

I Am Love (Recorded on our I Am A Seeker CD):
Doubt, you get out!
There’s no place for you here.
Fear, go away! I won’t hold you near.
Love lights my way. My path is clear.
I am God’s blessed child, loved so dear.
I am joy! I am Love!
That’s what I’m made of.
I am joy! I am Love!
That’s what I’m made of.
Thank you, thank you, thank you God!
I am Love.
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Again, thank you for being  here &  for your willingness to bring awareness into your own & your families’ lives! This week’s mindful meditation invitation is to let Love guide you with Affirmations & Denials!