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June 30, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part VII

This is Part VII of a ten part blog.

4) There is no insufficiency in you. You will get past it. This will work for you!

When you feel down and out and disempowered, you're basically feeling that you are deep down at your core inadequate or unworthy and that there isn't anything you can do to bring yourself out of it. The fact of the matter is that you are never given a challenge that you can't overcome. It's only your thinking about your thinking that makes you feel that way.

You are not a victim. You are a Master. "I am not a victim; I AM a Master." Keep repeating this phrase to yourself because it is true! This is what be a Master is really all about!

5) "When I awaken tomorrow, no matter what comes my way, I am more than adequate to handle it! I will find all of the solutions through my objectivity and my own inner spiritual power."

You are a very powerful spiritual being who has come forth to embody the gifts and strengths that are who you really are. Claim your Divinity and your strength. Know without out a doubt that you are a Master of your Life and a powerful, creative soul. By stepping back from the fears and insecurities of your ego mind and witnessing them objectively rather than getting all caught up in their drama, you can, in that objective place of Silence and meditation, find solutions to all your "problems" and reclaim your power.

This is Part VII of a ten part blog.

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June 27, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part III Podcast


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June 25, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part VI

This is Part VI of a ten part blog.

3) Don't fall out of agreement with what is happening because when you do, you create a lot of emotional turmoil and resistance.

What you resist persists!

Embracing who you are and where you are in your life presently is the quickest cure for tension and anxiety and for resolving those very issues that you wish were not in your life.

Where you are is where you are!

To deny it or try to push it away only creates more of it. As you embrace and then honestly face the situation you have created, you can then let go of it enough and step back far enough from it to now see the bigger picture and get broadest perspective.

By stepping back in this way and giving some "space" to the situation, you can and will be inspired to take the right action that will lead to the Highest Good for all involved. As well, it will help you to transmute the energies of what you don't want into what you do want. In other words, by doing this you will see "outside the box" and thus you will be led to find empowered solutions.

As Albert Einstein said, "you can't solve a problem at the level it was created." You must see the bigger picture by seeing the situation with the eyes and heart of your Soul. You must quiet the fearful ego mind and all the drama it creates and instead listen to your Soul.


This is Part VI of a ten part blog.

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June 23, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part V

This is Part V of a ten part blog.

1) Today I am going to create a day of peace and harmony.

You get to set the tone for your day. If you wake up grumpy and unfocused, you will attract more of the same. But if, when you wake up, you set a clear intention that you are looking to create peace and harmony in your day today [guess what?] peace and harmony is what you will mostly experience.

So, upon awakening, rather than allowing for random thoughts and feelings to enter, instead, clearly focus on peace and harmony and then think, feel and imagine the events that are coming up in your day to be filled with peace and harmony. As well, during the day create periodic reminders that help you remember that above all other things it is peace and harmony that you want to experience this day.

The more you do this, the easier it gets to do and the better and more intentional your life becomes.

2) I can look at these things going on in my life now and say, "I am in charge here and can be in a place of profound peace."

No matter what you are experiencing, know that you are not a "victim of circumstances," but a Master of your life. You get to make the "best" of any and every situation you are in and you get to choose how you feel about what you are experiencing. You can make lemonade out of lemons. You can see the Highest Good and the Divine plan in it all.

This is Part V of a ten part blog.

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June 20, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part II Podcast


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June 18, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IV

This is Part IV of a ten part blog.

Over the years I have come up with numerous phrases, thoughts and interpretations that have helped me to raise my thoughts/energies around everything that happens in my life. It has made a world of a difference in terms of how I have experienced my life.

So, what I would like to do now is to share some of these with you. These are the ways that I use to see the Highest Good in all situations and to do my best to see everything from a Divine perspective.

You and only you get to give meaning or an interpretation to the experiences you have. What someone else thinks or believes about your experiences or about you doesn't matter at all. All that matters is what you think or believe about yourself or your experiences.

And, yes, you get to choose how to "see" the things that happen in your life. Coming to know that I get to choose how I interpret the events in my life is the most important thing I have learned. Because of this understanding I have created a great deal of peace, joy and empowerment in my life.

So, I will now share with you a number of of these phrases, thoughts and interpretations that I have used over the years. As well, I will offer some commentary as to what they mean to me and how I use them.

This is Part IV of a ten part blog.

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June 16, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part III

This is Part III of a ten part blog.

So, let's begin with the following questions:

What creates your reality?
What creates your experiences?
Who or what gives them meaning?
You and only you do!

If you resolve to have a different reality, you will experience a different reality.

So, how do you resolve to have a different reality?

You do so by observing the thoughts and interpretations you have about yourself and about your experiences and then you consciously and intentionally choose thoughts and interpretations that place everything in the best light. You seek to see the Highest Good in every situation. You seek to see yourself and the events in your life from God/Goddesses' perspective.

As well, you very carefully and very honestly observe what your beliefs about the Universe are and what you expect from it. And if any of it is anything less than what you would ideally want, you change it.

In other words, get quiet for a minute or so now and ask yourself: Is the Universe a friendly and supportive place; or is it a neutral one; or is it "out to get me?" What do you really believe?

This is really worth taking a few minutes to sit quietly with and meditate on. It can and will make a world of a difference for you if you honestly and lovingly look at it. So, please do so before reading on.

Your underlying core belief about what kind of a Universe you live in has a huge impact on what you experience in your life. Usually this is an area that is unexamined by most people. But I can assure you that it is extremely important to look at.

This is Part III of a ten part blog.

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June 13, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part I Podcast


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June 11, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part II

This is Part II of a ten part blog.

Our ego mind is meant to be the servant of our Soul and not the other way around. Our Soul is meant to be in the driver's seat of our lives for it sees the whole picture and understand the context and purpose for all that we experience in our lives. We are meant to live a life filled with inspiration and revelation and not one that is filled with perspiration and frustration.

So, learning how to get out of your head/mind and instead live from your heart and Soul can be a challenge. But I have found that living an authentic and empowered life can never be achieved if I solely identify myself with my ego and with the "things" in my life. I must instead come to know my Self, that is my Higher Self, and then live an empowered and passionate life that springs forth from the depths of my Soul and heart and is filled with life-sustaining, creative, vibrant energies.

There is a great depth and breadth to this "gift of life" that we have all been given and it is only through mastering our minds and opening our hearts that we can access a fulfilled, authentic and empowered life.

So, what follows are a series of techniques with which I have learned to master my mind. By learning to master my mind I have begun to live my life as an empowered person and not as a victim. I trust that you will find these techniques and the reflections about them of value to you on your path up the mountain of your own Self-Mastery.

This is Part II of a ten part blog.

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June 9, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part I

This is Part I of a ten part blog.

In this series of ten blog posts beginning today, I will explore the concept that "we shape and create our reality and experiences by the thoughts we focus on." As well, I will give advice on how to master the thoughts that we have and thus create the life we want.

Usually we are quite unaware of the predominant thoughts we have. As well, we usually are unaware of the worldview and general belief systems we have.

Most people, without questioning, just follow the dominant thought patterns and worldview of their culture, country or family. There is little reflection about the beliefs that they hold or the way that they look at themselves and others.

Their worldview has been passed down for generations or it is a mish-mash of corporate- fed faux journalism that is often very disconnected from reality and is really just selling advertising. Unfortunately, most people just follow along, never questioning the dominant cultural beliefs, their lives, their own beliefs or themselves.

But as Socrates once said: "The life unexamined is not worth living."

It is a struggle and challenge to rise above the lowest common denominator thinking that is so dominant in our culture. As well, it is not easy to understand that our thoughts affect our reality; and that how our ego or "little self" interprets the events in our lives is never how our Soul does.

This is Part I of a ten part blog.

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June 6, 2008

Being your SELF, Part II, Podcast 06 06 08


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June 4, 2008

Being your SELF, Part IV

This is Part IV of a four part blog.

In reality there is no ego. It is an illusion. There is nothing to get through, accomplish, destroy or strive for. There is only SELF. And SELF is God/Goddess.

The only issue is the state of mind we believe to be true and base our lives on. Which do we choose to be: self-absorbed or SELF absorbed? Do we seek the God/Goddess within or do we look without and try to control and manipulate.

As Neale Donald Walsch wrote, “If you don’t go within, you go without.”

If we could release all of our false, limiting beliefs to this state of Beingness or Silence, the Silence would embrace, transmute and dissolve them all. For in this Silence the ego mind is quiet and it is there in that Silence where we can eavesdrop on God/Goddess. It is there that we can finally hear our Selves, listen to our Selves and become our Selves.

Here the superb essence of SELF and its infinite attributes, qualities and potentials are revealed. So ultimately knowing yourself as SELF is the goal. It is the end of all seeking, sorrow, struggle, and suffering; and in “knowing” your SELF you gain real SELF confidence.

The only real confidence is not self-confidence,
that is, confidence in your ego’s delusions of superiority and importance.
True SELF-confidence is having the courage to listen to the “still, small voice within” and
then to act on its inspirations and promptings.
Yanni Maniates

“So seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven and all will be given unto you.” Are you seeking the treasures you can store in heaven or are you seeking transient and ephemeral trinkets and experiences?

For my self, I have found that it is all an “inside job!”

This is Part IV of a four part blog.

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June 2, 2008

Being your SELF, Part III

This is Part III of a four part blog.

You are an emperor, not a beggar. You possess the untold wealth of the universe,
unimaginable riches. Don't beg for enlightenment, don't plead for it. You are the SELF,
don't assume that you are impoverished. Give up that yearning and be quiet and the
treasure will be self-evident as your very nature.
Anonymous

The miraculous benefit of coming to “know” this state of Beingness is experiencing the power of an incredible ease, freedom and real sense of Connection with All That Is. This ease and sense of Connection can and does transmute the “issues” that we resist, deny, and project onto others and that somehow manage to persist no matter how much we “look at” them and “understand” their origins.

After all is said and done, giving up on the notion of trying to “fix” or change ourselves, another, or a situation is the key to this whole new way of Being. This is the surrender necessary to enter your own “knowingness” of perfection. Once you “know” this state of well being as reality then everything not of it can be accepted, embraced, blessed and transmuted.

If we examine ourselves honestly, we will see that we are living in a state of constant striving. Ego, in one word, describes this state. The Buddha identified this state as the root cause of all our suffering.

Ego or our “little self,” has chosen itself as the master of our lives and has decided that its job is to enforce this striving, controlling opinion of reality. There will be no deviation as far as it is concerned. But what it doesn’t get is that it is meant to be the servant of the Soul and not the master. That is why anyone have any experience of the real SELF is an extraordinary occurrence.

This is Part III of a four part blog.

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