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July 28, 2008

How to Fly in Your Life? A Meditation

How can you fly?
You create your own wings!
How can you create your own wings?
Keep dreaming and dreaming and dreaming!
Your dreams are what create your experiences.
And as you keep dreaming and believing in your dreams and in your self,
all your dreams will not only come true,
but they will give you the wings to fly.
And if you dare to let go of the nest, these wings will catch the wind.
And if you allow, the winds will embrace, support and transport you
and carry you not only to all your dreams,
but even beyond to the full potential of your Self!
Yanni Maniates

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating your self.
George Bernard Shaw

Our beginnings never know our ends.
T.S. Eliot

In order for you to create anything in your life, you must first dream or imagine it. Whether you are aware of it or not, you constantly use your imagination. You either continually "awfulize" and "catastophize" and dream up your worst nightmares through worry, fear and anger. Or you use your imagination to aspire to the highest of your potential through faith, hope, love and dreaming big.

Since you are always imagining or dreaming about something anyhow, why not make it a dream that is truly big, worthwhile and of greatest value to you and to others.

You get to choose what you focus on and what you get in life. You choose whether you learn to glide and fly or whether you struggle and crawl through life! You get to create your own wings or your own crutches!

And the real "neat" thing about all this is that once you learn to fly you learn that, "the sky is no longer the limit," only you were!

So, take some time now to quiet your mind and just listen to what you are thinking about. Are you dreaming big and bold or are you caught up in a negative loop of thoughts. Are you creating something exciting and noble in your mind? Or are you rehashing old, stale scenarios? You get to choose.

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July 25, 2008

What is the Present? A Meditation, Podcast


Life Mastery's Friday Weekly Podcast:

"What is the Present? A Meditation," Podcast

(length 7:19 minutes)



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July 21, 2008

What is the Present? A Meditation

The Present is something you "pre"-"sent" to yourself.
It is your present (your gift) to your self.
What are you "pre"-"send"ing to your self now?

We create our reality by the predominant thoughts and emotions that we hold. "Like attracts like" is a universal law. Be happy and happiness follows. Feel abundant and abundance comes. The Universe reflects back to us what we are feeling, whether we are conscious of it or not. What we experience in our lives is an objective mirror reflecting back to us the predominant thoughts and feelings we have.

We can change what we are experiencing by first observing our predominant thoughts and feelings; and then we can choose to gradually change whatever we don't like. And by doing this, we eventually will have different experiences knocking at our door.

Meditation is a wonderful way to learn how to become aware of your thoughts and by becoming aware of them you can become a Master of your thoughts, your emotions and ultimately your life. Meditation allows you to objectively observe your mental chatter and then by doing so you can choose to change it.

So, try just "being" with yourself in meditation and see what comes up. Just "listen" to yourself! And then, after you have observed your patterns for awhile, gradually change what doesn't really serve and uplift you you and keep what does. You'll know the difference.

Nothing is, but what thinking makes it so.
Shakespeare
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong.
The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castaneda

So, take a few minutes a day for the next week to sit and observe your thoughts. While focusing on your breath, notice the patterns and types of thoughts that come up for you. Don't get caught up in them; just witness them. By doing this you will see the patterns and then can begin to intentionally shift them.

Even this simple practice can have a profound effect on the quality of your life.

If you have interest, my meditation CD entitled: Peace of Mind is a Thought Away: Mastery Meditations goes into greater depth about this process: http://www.learnmastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm

Also, my book and audio package, Magical Keys to Self-Mastery: Creating Miracles in Your Life, is a primer on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com

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July 18, 2008

Whenever Your Day Seems, Cloudy, See the Silver Lining in Every Cloud! A Reflection, Podcast


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"Whenever Your Day Seems, Cloudy, See the Silver Lining in Every Cloud! A Reflection," Podcast

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July 14, 2008

Whenever Your Day Seems Cloudy, See the Silver Lining in Every Cloud! A Reflection

No winter lasts forever,
no spring skips its turn.
Hal Borland

See the silver lining in every cloud in your life; and welcome the rain that comes from these clouds because they provide the moisture that allows and encourages the new seeds you have planted to grow into full bloom.

Constantly plant new seeds of hope, joy and success and know that when the times seem to be cloudy or stormy that they are in fact just times of great creative potential and new internal growth about to burst forth into your life. They are not obstacles; they are opportunities.

Trust in the rhythms of the seasons for they are just as much in your life as they are in nature. We need the rain and the storms so that our seeds might grow, so that we might grow strong, so that we might become clear and intentional in our lives.

Just trust! The Universe is on your side!

Everything replenishes and re-grows itself.

Just know that that is what you, too, are now experiencing.

All things are always changing and flowing! The only constant is change!

Tomorrow is another day filled with potential, filled with potency, filled with all that is fresh and new and joy-filled!

Envision, feel, see, and say: "Good things are always happening to me. Good things are unfolding within me now!" And by doing so, you will notice "good" all around you and attract more "good" into your life.

And as Annie reminds us:
The sun will come out tomorrow.
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun.
Just thinking about tomorrow clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow, till there's none...
From the musical "Annie."

Just try doing what I have suggested above the next time a challenging situation comes up for you in your life.

You get to give meaning to the experiences you have. You can either choose the "high road" or the "low road." You get to see the cup half-full or half-empty.

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July 11, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part V Podcast


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"Perfection Over the Illusion, Part V" Podcast"

(length 9:14 minutes)



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July 9, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part X

This is Part X of a ten part blog.


9) Will a different reality.

What you expect, you receive. Whatever you are looking for or looking at is what you see. Use the power of your mind to see the best in all and in yourself and you will experience the best. Keep your thoughts clear, pure, intentional and purposeful by using your will and you will create a new reality. Be clear and you will have clarity!

You are not a victim. Look at your thoughts and the predominant emotions that you have and if any of them are of a low quality, change them. You and only you have the strength and power to change them and you can.

You are a powerful creator! You created what you don't want; what makes you think you can not create what you do want.

You create your reality.
You create your experiences.
You give them meaning.
You get to choose!
You are a Master of your Life!

I hope that these reflections are helpful to you.

We really do create our reality and give meaning to our lives and experiences by the way we choose to interpret them and the perspective we choose to bring to bear upon them. Our happiness does not arise from anything we do, but by virtue of what we believe and think.

Do you live by choosing to experience your life through the eyes and heart of your Soul or do you choose to live by hiding in the shadows of your ego?

Reflect on these things!

This is Part X of a ten part blog.

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July 7, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IX

This is Part IX of a ten part blog.

8) Go within and bring in the God presence over and over again and you will be free of all this suffering. Then you will have attained "perfection over the illusion."

Take the time to regularly sit in meditation and there in that Silence, where the ego mind is still and your heart is open, you will be filled with the Presence of God/Goddess and there you will know who you are and without a doubt you will know deep within you that you have eternal everlasting value. As well, you will also know that that value is inherent in you and in every living creature.

There is nothing you need to do or become or possess in this lifetime in order to realize your value. You are already THAT! You are God/Goddess in finite form who has taken on a temporary personality in this lifetime in order to manifest and embody Love. Period!

That's why you are here. It's not complicated. By realizing this, you will have attained "perfection over the illusion" and you will know your eternal value.

It's not about what we "do" with our lives that matters; it all about who we "become." So, open your heart and quiet your mind regularly and consistently and you will then come to truly "know ThySelf."

But to attain this awareness you must consistently take the time to go within over and over again so that you can touch in with "Reality," that is, God/Goddess. Otherwise the world of illusion will drag and beat you down and you will forget who you really ARE.

This is Part IX of a ten part blog.

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July 4, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IV Podcast


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"Perfection Over the Illusion, Part IV" Podcast"

(length 10:10 minutes)



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July 2, 2008

Perfection Over the Illusion, Part VIII

This is Part VIII of a ten part blog.

6) I am a Divine Spirit. I have everything that is needed.

You truly are a Divine Spirit having a human experience. You are here to learn "love," give "love," receive "love," and become "love." Within you, you have all the Wisdom and love to create the best possible life for yourself.

You were made in His/Her Image. You are a co-creator with God/Goddess of your own reality. God/Goddess is infinite potential and all He/She asks of you to believe in your eternal, infinite Self and by doing so you can embody and manifest all the potential that is within you. Everything is possible, if you believe that to be so.

You are a chip off the old holographic block called God/Goddess. Why not begin to claim your birthright and become who You are!

7) Know without any uncertainty that your fears and insecurities are not your true self; that your true self is totally integrated, totally capable of handling every thing over time in the right way and with enough patience it can accomplish what it came to accomplish.

When you feel inadequate, fearful, disconnected or like a victim, you are identifying with your "little self." That part of you that has forgotten who it really is and what you are really capable of. Everything is possible for you! You can do it! And you can truly know what it is that you came to fulfill and accomplish in this lifetime.

This is Part VIII of a ten part blog.

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