Gratitude is the glue that holds together the cycle of conscious creation. It keeps the flow of manifestation constant. This cycle of giving and receiving holds is into the present moment where we are able to create the things we desire. Without gratitude the gift is incomplete.
Acceptance is an important aspect of this cycle. When we are offered anything - whether it is an actual gift or merely a kind word, if we refuse it or deny it in anyway, the flow is interrupted. When this happens our energy is blocked. For this reason, it's important to receive everything that is offered with gratitude. No matter what, or how you feel about it, a "thank you" is always appropriate.
When we accept the things that are presented to us, and the energy flows freely, we don't store up resentments, wounds or other blocks that we will have to deal with later on. We certainly don't have to like or agree with the gift or the giver, but it's our duty to accept and acknowledge their right to their thought,belief or opinion.
Remember - it's all about energy. Keeping the energy moving allows you to receive more of what you truly want!
In this season of Thanksgiving, we have much to be grateful for.
I am grateful for each of you.
Love,
Jean Adrienne
Monday, November 22, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Mirrors
Everything and everyone you encounter in your reality is a mirror for reflecting back to you the appearance of your inner landscape. When you perceive the beauty or grandeur in the world around you and it causes you to gasp, filling you with awe, you have just stumbed upon an image of how beautiful you are at the soul level.
On the other hand, when someone does something you perceive to be so incredibly mean or stupid, they are actually mirroring back to you those parts of yourself that you would rather not care to examine - the parts of yourself that you have judged in some way.
Judgment is a frequency that is not compatible with Ascension. It can't exist in Heaven on Earth, therefore we must leave it behind along with the rest of our baggage and inappropriate beliefs and actions. Because we tend to judge ourselves more harshly than we judge others, even though we don't realize it, it's time to dig deeply within to find all the old beliefs we have about ourselves.
How's the best way to do this? Look around. Every time you find yourself criticizing another person check yourself. What is that person showing you about your hidden inner beliefs, your own incompetence, your own meanness, your own lack of integrity?
As you clean up your own stuff, you release everyone around you from the dirty job of being your mirror. You will be amazed at how radically everyone else changes when you do your inner work!
Remember the words of the Master, Jesus, "Clear the log from your own eye before you try to remove the speck from your brother's!"
Sunday, November 7, 2010
EFFORTLESS
The first hard freeze hit the north Georgia mountains this weekend, and with it the trees released their colorful fall leaves. As I sat on the deck meditating this morning, I watched them float effortlessly down to the ground. I realized that everything in nature works this way - effortlessly.
Why is it that we humans do things in the totally opposite way? Where did we create this belief system that everything has to be a struggle if it is to be worthwhile? We surely didn't discern this from nature! I don't know how you were raised, but my parents taught me that work had to be complete before I was allowed to play, study hard, work hard, and keep trying until you get what you want. Then along came Jane Fonda in the 70's with her mantra, "feel the burn" and I internalized that even having a healthy body had to be hard work.
Finally, I am waking up. There IS a better way! Back to the basics...What better way to learn than observing in the maountains. Nature is the perfect teacher. Follow her cycles, watch the moon, listen to the wind and the birds. Look for signs - they are everywhere.
This weekend marks a powerful new moon and the opportunity for new beginnings. Have you set your intention for what you want to create this cycle? Wise farmers know to plant their seeds by the dark of the moon. There is still time to plant yours before the moon moves into the crescent phase. You might be surprised at what you will grow, effortlessly when you move hand-in-hand with nature.
On November 9th, the moon will move into her next phase, so stay tuned. My next blog will be about the tools you can use to cultivate what you have planted!
Why is it that we humans do things in the totally opposite way? Where did we create this belief system that everything has to be a struggle if it is to be worthwhile? We surely didn't discern this from nature! I don't know how you were raised, but my parents taught me that work had to be complete before I was allowed to play, study hard, work hard, and keep trying until you get what you want. Then along came Jane Fonda in the 70's with her mantra, "feel the burn" and I internalized that even having a healthy body had to be hard work.
Finally, I am waking up. There IS a better way! Back to the basics...What better way to learn than observing in the maountains. Nature is the perfect teacher. Follow her cycles, watch the moon, listen to the wind and the birds. Look for signs - they are everywhere.
This weekend marks a powerful new moon and the opportunity for new beginnings. Have you set your intention for what you want to create this cycle? Wise farmers know to plant their seeds by the dark of the moon. There is still time to plant yours before the moon moves into the crescent phase. You might be surprised at what you will grow, effortlessly when you move hand-in-hand with nature.
On November 9th, the moon will move into her next phase, so stay tuned. My next blog will be about the tools you can use to cultivate what you have planted!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Surrender
Sometimes my mind is my worst enemy. I think I know what's best for me and then I get invested in being right. Occassionally I am, but more often than not, there are potentially better prospects I'm not able to see,
So why is that? Because once I think I have things figured out, I quit looking. The blinders go on and I begin forging my way on a fixed path. Most of the time the path is a steep one, complete with bumps, struggle, pain and loss. My ex-husband used to laugh and say, "Don't get in Jean's way once she's made up her mind!"
Life isn't supposed to be so difficult. When we are aware that there is a power greater than us with access to the field of pure potential, then we can allow for choices that are better than the ones we might have made left to our own devices. This "reframing" opens the door for options that are greater, easier and more harmonious.
How can we get there? Only through surrender - through completely letting go of control. That's a challenge for most of us, because we have lived with the belief systems that has made us think that the only way we could ensure survival was through controlling everything.
One day, after years of struggle and failure, I realized the insanity of trying to do everything my way. I saw that this had never really worked for me and decided to give that alternative a shot.
Surrender isn't about losing control of your life. It's about making the conscious choice to give it away. Only then can the Universal Laws work the way they were intended and bring more wonderful things to us than we coud ever have conceived on our own with the least expenditure of energy.
So why is that? Because once I think I have things figured out, I quit looking. The blinders go on and I begin forging my way on a fixed path. Most of the time the path is a steep one, complete with bumps, struggle, pain and loss. My ex-husband used to laugh and say, "Don't get in Jean's way once she's made up her mind!"
Life isn't supposed to be so difficult. When we are aware that there is a power greater than us with access to the field of pure potential, then we can allow for choices that are better than the ones we might have made left to our own devices. This "reframing" opens the door for options that are greater, easier and more harmonious.
How can we get there? Only through surrender - through completely letting go of control. That's a challenge for most of us, because we have lived with the belief systems that has made us think that the only way we could ensure survival was through controlling everything.
One day, after years of struggle and failure, I realized the insanity of trying to do everything my way. I saw that this had never really worked for me and decided to give that alternative a shot.
Surrender isn't about losing control of your life. It's about making the conscious choice to give it away. Only then can the Universal Laws work the way they were intended and bring more wonderful things to us than we coud ever have conceived on our own with the least expenditure of energy.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Hangin' On?
One thing I am clear about is that we just aren't supposed to be hanging on anymore - to anything. It's like we are preparing for a global, if not cosmic, garage sale. Everything that doesn't work, that's broken or that is just out-dated has to go.
The most obvious things that most folks don't want to let go of are relationships that have served their purpose. Even ones that are painful, even abusive, seem to be difficult for us to part with. Here's my question: why would anyone settle for an abusive relatioship when being alone would perhaps be happier in the long run? The only answer I can come up with is that we don't realize that an abusive relationship is abusive! Somehow, we fall into the trap of thinking it's normal because we carry old programs that make us believe we don't deserve any better or that we have to suffer and struggle or that we just aren't lovable anyway. BS.
Reality is that as we move further down the path to Ascension, higher in consciousness, it is going to become more apparent (and probably more painful) that we are not supposed to hang on to people, places or situations that aren't supporting our happiness and our highest good. The Universe WANTS us to be happy, not miserable, but each of us must create that for ourselves.
In the end, we will probably not hang on to anything. The doorway to living in bliss, joy, peace and abundance is a very narrow one, and all the excess baggage makes for a tight squeeze!
The most obvious things that most folks don't want to let go of are relationships that have served their purpose. Even ones that are painful, even abusive, seem to be difficult for us to part with. Here's my question: why would anyone settle for an abusive relatioship when being alone would perhaps be happier in the long run? The only answer I can come up with is that we don't realize that an abusive relationship is abusive! Somehow, we fall into the trap of thinking it's normal because we carry old programs that make us believe we don't deserve any better or that we have to suffer and struggle or that we just aren't lovable anyway. BS.
Reality is that as we move further down the path to Ascension, higher in consciousness, it is going to become more apparent (and probably more painful) that we are not supposed to hang on to people, places or situations that aren't supporting our happiness and our highest good. The Universe WANTS us to be happy, not miserable, but each of us must create that for ourselves.
In the end, we will probably not hang on to anything. The doorway to living in bliss, joy, peace and abundance is a very narrow one, and all the excess baggage makes for a tight squeeze!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Stop The B.S.
Most of us are up to our hips in it. We don't know where it came from. We didn't realize we were gettingstuck in it until it was too late. But that is exactly what it is doing - keeping us from moving forward and manifesting all those things we really want in our lives. Bummer!
So what IS all this B.S.? Belief Systems.
Belief systems are one of the most important things we should be looking at at this point on our pathway to Ascension. They have come to us from so many places - religion, our families, the media, modern medicine, school, just to name a few. By and large, we have accepted them without ever questioning their veracity, just because we learned them from some source we considered to be an authority, and we have crafted a whole reality around them. What were we thinking?
In the last two months, almost everything I thought was true has been called into question. The very fabric of my personal reality has been shredded and I'm now in the process of building a new one for myself. But this time, I am doing things differently. I refuse to accept any belief system as true until a) I research it and b) decide for myself whether I resonate with it.
In this way, I'm taking responsibility for what's inside my head and becoming accountable for my own reality. Another part of this for me is that I will no longer try to push my beliefs onto others without making it clear that that's what they are - MY beliefs. I have no problem sharing them, but now I acknowledge that what I teach is my belief and the listener's responsibility is to make their own choices around that.
What can you do to find the B.S. that doesn't serve you anymore? Try making a list of everything you think is true and evaluating each entry within your own heart to see how it resonates. If it doesn't, let it go and replace it with something that does!
So what IS all this B.S.? Belief Systems.
Belief systems are one of the most important things we should be looking at at this point on our pathway to Ascension. They have come to us from so many places - religion, our families, the media, modern medicine, school, just to name a few. By and large, we have accepted them without ever questioning their veracity, just because we learned them from some source we considered to be an authority, and we have crafted a whole reality around them. What were we thinking?
In the last two months, almost everything I thought was true has been called into question. The very fabric of my personal reality has been shredded and I'm now in the process of building a new one for myself. But this time, I am doing things differently. I refuse to accept any belief system as true until a) I research it and b) decide for myself whether I resonate with it.
In this way, I'm taking responsibility for what's inside my head and becoming accountable for my own reality. Another part of this for me is that I will no longer try to push my beliefs onto others without making it clear that that's what they are - MY beliefs. I have no problem sharing them, but now I acknowledge that what I teach is my belief and the listener's responsibility is to make their own choices around that.
What can you do to find the B.S. that doesn't serve you anymore? Try making a list of everything you think is true and evaluating each entry within your own heart to see how it resonates. If it doesn't, let it go and replace it with something that does!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Feeling Sluggish?
Many of us have been feeling a bit sluggish recently. The shifting energy (101010 perhaps?) has created this illusion that we are stuck, but that is hardly the case! So much is happening on a planetary level, just outside the realm of our consciousness - and it is all good! This is a time of adjustment, realignment and integration. It's all part of the Universal Guidelines--specifically the one about Rhythm (see yesterday's post as well). The Guideline of Rhythm suggests that there is an ebb and flow to everything. Remember the song from the Byrds from the 60's? To everything there is a season. We have periods of activity and they must be followed by periods of rest.
So it is with consciousness raising and enlightenment--we have just been through a period of INTENSE vibrational shift and now we must rest and allow it all to sort out in our bodies and fields. If we don't stay in alignment with that Guideline of Rhythm, then guess what happens? Nature will push us to slow down! That is when we find ourself getting sick. Our immune systems become weak and the ol' vibrational flu plops us in the bed!
Another piece to this puzzle is astrological actually. We are in a period of planetary influence that occurs every eight years. In the sky, the relationship between the rotation of Earth and the orbit of Venus makes it look like Venus is going backward. Astrologers call this Venus Retrograde. This is a time when we are supported in evaluating ALL our relationships to see which ones work and which ones don't, what's fair and what isn't. This backward pull is also contributing to the sluggishness. It isn't an auspicious time to begin new relationships either, because people who appear in your life now and look "too good to be true" , probably ARE! This transit will continue through mid-November, and then things will begin to move forward once more.
So it is with consciousness raising and enlightenment--we have just been through a period of INTENSE vibrational shift and now we must rest and allow it all to sort out in our bodies and fields. If we don't stay in alignment with that Guideline of Rhythm, then guess what happens? Nature will push us to slow down! That is when we find ourself getting sick. Our immune systems become weak and the ol' vibrational flu plops us in the bed!
Another piece to this puzzle is astrological actually. We are in a period of planetary influence that occurs every eight years. In the sky, the relationship between the rotation of Earth and the orbit of Venus makes it look like Venus is going backward. Astrologers call this Venus Retrograde. This is a time when we are supported in evaluating ALL our relationships to see which ones work and which ones don't, what's fair and what isn't. This backward pull is also contributing to the sluggishness. It isn't an auspicious time to begin new relationships either, because people who appear in your life now and look "too good to be true" , probably ARE! This transit will continue through mid-November, and then things will begin to move forward once more.
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