The Bright Side of Uncertainty Key Lesson: Uncertainty is unwanted because it feels so unpleasant each time it appears in our lives. But, can we be awake enough to see its positively bright side? For as surely as darkness must come before the break of a new day, so it's true: before the new light of higher understanding can have its gentle dawn in us -- we must see that we have come to the end of what we know. Giving Yourself Up Is Lifting Yourself Up The gradual realization that … [Read more...]
“Twelve Core Problems – 12 Steps of Recovery”
August 21, 2013 by
Restore me to balance in body, mind, and spirit. Remove everything from my consciousness and body that is not in perfect alignment with your loving plan for me. Here is a Summary of the Dynamics: 1) Resisting feeling things fully This dynamic is based on experiences of having been overwhelmed by intense feelings when we were very young. To avoid the experience of overwhelm, we make the inner decision to resist feeling things fully. This dynamic is based on the illusion … [Read more...]
ABSOLUTE MIND, Shirlee Hall
February 26, 2013 by
ABSOLUTE MIND The One Mind is in everything and everyone. Our intelligence has the capability to recognize and consciously live as the One Mind. The One expresses and maximizes according to focus and awareness. An Awakened Self is the One Mind thinking and is capable of creating anything and everything. Disbelief becomes an issue when we do not comprehend. When we comprehend our actual identity as Mind expressing in matter, the falsity of lack, limitation, time, space and a sense … [Read more...]
‘I AM’ – WOMEN in RECOVERY
February 17, 2013 by
'I AM' I AM is the innocent, the You that you forgot, the moment you were born. What is the I AM? It is your Self, the Spirit of your Spirituality the You that your parents, society, teachers and peer groups have taken so much trouble to make you forget. The I AM power is the healing power of the universe. It's the force from which the universe is made, and it is also the basic substance of which we are made. The I AM power can be experienced as a light or as a profound feeling in … [Read more...]
Awakening to Self – WOMEN in RECOVERY
January 13, 2013 by
The Awakening A time comes in your life when you finally get it (when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity), a moment when you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out … "ENOUGH!" Enough blaming, crying, fighting, struggling to hold on. Then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your Awakening. You finally realize it’s time to stop hoping and waiting for … [Read more...]
Only in Action do We Manifest our Nature – Women in Recovery
September 23, 2012 by
THE PROBLEM OF SELF At one pole of my being I am one with sticks and stones. There I have to acknowledge the rule of Universal Law. That is where the foundation of my existence lies, deep down below. Its strength lies in its being held firm in the clasp of comprehensive world, and in the fullness of its community with all things. But at the other pole of my being I am separate from all. There, I have broken through the cordon of equality and stand alone as an individual. I am absolutely … [Read more...]
Are YOU Your Own Best Friend, yet? – WOMEN in RECOVERY
September 16, 2012 by
When one hears the term “low self-esteem” their minds frequently take them to the extreme images of a woman who walks around with her head held down or the woman with a eating disorder. Our minds rarely go to the well-dressed woman sitting across from us on the subway or the no non-sense businesswoman we see gallivanting around the office. These false assumptions are where our society has failed us in some ways. The truth of the matter is that low self-esteem knows no race, social … [Read more...]
SELF LOVE – How Do You Like You So Far? , WOMEN in RECOVERY
September 15, 2012 by
How Do You Like You So Far? .... that is the question! In 1956 psychologist and social philosopher Erich Fromm proposed that loving oneself is different from being arrogant, conceited or egocentric. He proposed that loving oneself means caring about oneself, taking responsibility for oneself, respecting oneself, and knowing oneself (e.g. being realistic and honest about one's strengths and weaknesses). He proposed, further, that in order to be able to truly love … [Read more...]
Path to Self Mastery – Does the Wave Know it’s part of the Ocean?
September 12, 2012 by
The Path to Self Mastery Life is meant to be an adventure. We have been given a truly amazing gift -- the capacity to co-create with God. This is our birthright and our highest purpose for being. Yet, often our lives do not reflect this truth. Our experiences seem more hit and miss, accidental, without rhyme or reason, sometimes in control, sometimes not. What we need is Inner Self Management, which requires: Conduct a … [Read more...]
The Voice vs the Brain
July 14, 2012 by
“Have you ever had 'that' moment in your life where you knew that you were not doing what you were supposed to be doing?” You must Take Action to hear it, listen to it and act on it ... :) It would be a fearful split second when you swore you heard a Voice; yet, were so overwhelmed with fear to share the experience with anyone that you secretly stored it in the attic of your mind. Having decided to do this, you stifled this Voice to a point of combustion forcing a series of … [Read more...]
