Forgive - It's good for your health

Grudge holding.  So many people do it that we humans have coined the term "holding a grudge"  Think about how this breaks down.  Holding:  To carry, grasp or support.  Grudge:  A persistent feeling of ill will or resentment. 

So holding a grudge we normally think of as holding it towards someone else.  We are really causing injury to ourselves.  It has no bearing really on the person we are upset with.  We are simply supporting a feeling of ill will or resentment.  This can build up inside and cause illness on many levels.  Depending on what body part we are physically holding the grudge with.  For example:  If we are holding our feelings in and not releasing them, we may end up constipated or diarrhea might be the result.  If we are feeling the grudge in the form of heartache, then it's possible that we may develop heart disease.  If the grudge is keeping us from breathing in life to it's fullest, then possibly we develop lung disease.  If the grudge is keeping us from enjoying motherhood, then breast tumors or cancer might develop. 

 So this post is an encouragement.  For everyone out there to take just one grudge and let it go.  Forgive the person and allow your body to begin the healing process.  You don't have to become friends with someone who has hurt you or done something to wrong you.  All you have to do is allow yourself the emotion that started your "reason" for holding a grudge.  Allow yourself to feel it until it is gone, then let it go.  Let it drift away, place forgiveness and the love of God in it's place.  For holding a grudge hurts you!  In the bigger scope of things, as we are all one, united soul, it hurts us all.  But in this physical world, the sufferer is the one holding the grudge.  Forgive just one person of one deed today.  You will begin healing not only yourself, but our world.

Thoughts on love and universal love

As I categorize myself as a light worker, it is my responsibility to love all of humankind.  To support the healing efforts of my neighbors, neighborhood, city, town, state and planet.  I am not at all alone in this great responsibility.  Being kind and understanding and sending love to all to all is paramount in this mission.  Universal love is not always easy, when someone cuts you off in traffic, or rips you off, etc. but I remind myself to practice it all the time.  I suppose if you are a saint or a tsadik then it is simple.

So how to separate universal love and individual/personal love?  Therin lies the really big challenge.  When a friend takes too much, when you give but don't receive, when your status as a friend or family member is abused?

The conclusion that I have recently come to:  Let the person that you love (personal love) go.  Move them into the universal love category.  Wish them well.  Support them in a universal sense.  Just because we are light workers does not mean that we should accept abuse of our love.  Yet, we also have a responsibility to love.  So change the love abuser's category.  Disconnect on a personal level and keep connected on a universal level.  When you feel their pains, just send them love.  No need to pick up the phone...just imagine that person in front of you and send them a beam of light from your heart.  Then release them.

If anyone out there has other suggestions, I'll take it!

Melody

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  There is a terrific organization that is a registered 501c3 charity and they collect donations for research on childhood cancer.  They are called the MACC FUND.  You can check them out at www.maccfund.org.  In recent years they have helped to bump up the survival rate to 80% or better.  You can now text them a $10 donation, charges will appear on your cell phone bill.  Just send CURE to 52000, and then text yes to confirm your donation.

Hurricane Alex raises gas prices - ARE YOU SERIOUS??

Let me get this straight...there was a category 1 Hurricane.  I was there, on vacation, in Cozumel, Mexico when it hit land.  It was no worse than a really bad rain storm.  We played like tourists in the rain, got wet, but still enjoyed the day.  When we get home, gas prices are up, through the roof.  There is no damage, there is no change in demand for oil.  There was no adverse affect from this tiny hurricane on the oil spill that is going on in the Gulf of Mexico.  So why are our prices up?  Some major string puller in the oil industry felt that they could get away with it....and they have.  That's why.  That's the only reason why.

Seriously, this is a time where change is needed badly.  Protest, protest loudly!

Reiki Level I Class and Attunement, May 2, 2010

REIKI Level 1

When a part of our body hurts, we instinctively touch or rub on the area. Have you ever asked yourself why? If you are ready for answers to this question and are being guided to learning how to channel your healing energy with the ancient technology of Reiki then sign up for this class!

YES, Anyone can learn to give Reiki!

In this class you will learn:
*The history of Reiki
*Reiki hand positions for giving Reiki to yourself and to others
*How to read the Aura body with a pendulum

You will receive:
*A Reiki 1 guide book
*A Reiki 1 Attunement
*A Reiki 1 Certificate
*Free follow ups with Reiki Master Melody Page

The class will take place at Spiritual Awakenings Book Store on the corner of Lake Worth Road and Congress Ave.

Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010
Time: 12 Noon – 4:30 PM

Please either register with Spiritual Awakenings at 561.642.3255 or with Melody Page at 561.676.6892

Cost: $142.00 in advance
$172.00 after April 25th

NOTE: Please wear comfortable clothing, bring a minimum of two servings of bottled water for yourself, a note book and a pen. Please also have eaten a healthy diet rich in vegetables within the 24 hours before the class and eat lunch before your arrival.

Direction of Thoughts manifests life

We are what we think we are.  If we continuously think that we can not succeed and give the most attention to what is in our way of success (any type of success) then the limitation becomes a reality and stays.  The trick to manifesting a life that you want to live, is to focus on all openings, turn your back on limitations.  Even if you still hear the thought coming in...the one that says you "can't" or your "not good enough" force it out of your head.  There is an opening beyond the thought.  Look for the opening and then keep your brain in that space.  As above, so below.  Put your thoughts into action by thinking positive and the rest will follow.  Sometimes, it takes time.  The universe and our creator have it's own way of giving in it's own time.  Be patient and above all, keep your mind in a positive space.

The mask...removed (energy of the week)

Time to take off the mask...what?  The spiritual mask that we all use to cover up the deep emotions inside...You don't want to?  Well, you don't have much choice.  The energy field present in the universe this week removes it for you.... like it or not.  Those emotions that you have buried deep, the ones that are private and painful, that you prefer to keep inside and not outside are sure to come front and center into your reality.  The mask is off, now why did this happen?  The energy is here to help you.  So that you can see these things from inside that you need to deal with in order to move forward in your progressive growth.  How can you deal with it?  Well...take a good hard look at it.  Don't blame others for upsetting your emotional applecart...look inside that cart and examine each apple.

For me one of my biggest flaws is the fear of receiving love.  Giving it is not a problem.  I give freely.  But I am afraid that if I receive it, that it will hurt when it's gone or if I find out later that it wasn't true.  I have sort of known this about myself, but this week it's in the front of my world.  I guess I'll take a bite of my apple and figure out where to go from here.