I Have Given Everything I See The Meaning It Has for Me

This is a very challenging concept for me.  But it feels true and I constantly remind myself of it when happenings in the world seem so real and tend to suck me in.

A Course in Miracles goes on to state in the Text:  "When you made what is not true visible [the world of form], what is true became invisible [the spiritual, formless world, or reality]."

God's Perfect Peace

I love these two affirmations/verses.  They speak so dearly to my heart.  One is from the Bible and the other from the workbook lesson #148 in A Course in Miracles.  Both affirm what I believe to be true and have experienced.  God's peace is mine when I focus on His Truth.

Quite often my mind wanders off into planning, worrying, judging myself and others, comparing, or feeling like a victim; these thoughts and mental activities take my focus away from the present moment, creating stress and a sense of lack.  Here is when I remember these words and I repeat them.  I remind myself that my mind holds only God's thoughts, and that I will experience perfect peace by doing so because I trust in Him. 

What a Journey!

I have been on this spiritual journey for a long time now.  During my younger years I was pretty active as a Catholic. I did my First Communion and Confirmation.  I loved going to the neighborhood church during non-mass hours, when the church was empty, light a real candle (not those they have now that are light bulbs), kneel and pray to the Christ.  I would pour my heart out, cry, ask for help, and by the time I left, I felt lighter, knowing I had been heard.

Once I entered my late teen years, I drifted away from religion, later to feel the desire for God again.  In a matter of about 4-years time, I got involved with the Jehova's Witnesses and the Mormon church.  But it wasn't there I would find what I was looking for...not really knowing exactly what I was searching for....I knew something was missing in my life, but I didn't know what it was.

At the age of 30, I fell into a deep, dark depression. My life became very challenging between a full-time job, 3 small children, and a very stressful relationship with my then husband.  I lost my appetite, I couldn't sleep, I had panic attacks; I thought I was going crazy.  Honestly.

As I searched to find answers about what was wrong with me, I consulted a mental health professional who explained how my childhood and stressful lifestyle was affecting my brain chemistry.  What a relief to find out I was not going crazy!

I found this small Christian group called Theo-therapy Center where I was embraced by a loving community and started my 20-year journey in Christianity. As I practiced of trust, prayer and affirming the truth of Bible verses, in a matter of 3 - 4 months the depression and its side effects lifted.  What a learning experience!

After, I found a wonderful Evangelical Church where I stayed for about 12 years.  My relationship with my Creator deepened and so did my faith.

Since then I've experienced many life changes and even more spiritual growth.  My children are adults now (and are wonderful beings), I have remarried (to a loving partner), and I moved back to the USA. I do not belong to any organized religion anymore.  Yet every person, event and group I have met, joined, or belonged to has enriched my path towards awakening. 

I am now serving as a life coach and minister.  Opening up to different spiritual paths such as Unity, A Course in Miracles and Christian Science, I discover that Truth has been around for ages and shared by a myriad of teachers....like seeds planted and waiting to be found by us.  Truth is not new, it's not a trend, it's not exclusive of any religion.  It is eternal and universal.

We are all searching for something we think is missing in us.  I know I was.  I thought I was lost (and that's how it felt in this world); but I wasn't lost, I was asleep.  Once introduced to glimpses of Truth, I have continued finding those seeds of Love, Light, Peace, Joy, waking up to all that I am, and you are too....and having a deeper communion with my Creator.  God. 

The real challenge is staying true to myself and grounded!  Maybe I'll write a book someday!

My Upcoming Love Letter Workshop in Santo Domingo

I arrived in Santo Domingo a few days ago, first to visit my daughters and granddaughters, and secondly to give two workshops on Love Letters.

I'm excited about this opportunity to share a helpful technique to the audience that has registered for the events, yet calm and peaceful knowing that Spirit will be right there with me.

I learned this tool many years ago during my life coach training in the YOU University program; the Love Letter was useful in revealing and healing long-repressed feelings within me.  I've continued to use the tool since then, which has now become second nature and I do it mentally when I need to process frustration or negative feelings.  Its helped me be more compassionate, understanding and less reactive in my relationships towards others, myself and even situations.

The ego part of me has been whispering fear thoughts about my performance during the upcoming workshop....what does it say?  Ideas like "I'm not going to remember what to say", "it's not going to flow", "people will be bored", "the information I'll be teaching is not interesting enough", etc.  I'm sure some of you have probably experienced similar self-defeating thoughts.

Of course, none of this is true.  I dismiss these fears because I remind myself that I know the technique, I've practiced it for years and I know it works.  My primary intention is to share helpful information to a group of people that desire to learn a better way to communicate and heal their feelings and relationships.  This is not a magic wand and it's not therapy.  It's a practical technique with ongoing value.

I intend to step aside and allow Spirit to work through me reaching the heart of those that will be there present.

There Is So Much Information Available to Me

photo by Simon Matzinger

I believe the most fundamental purpose in this life experience is that I Know Myself.

From my childhood, through my teen years and then as an adult, I searched a lot to find my identity and my purpose; I looked for these answers in books, teachers, counseling, religion, accomplishments, and through my relationships with my parents, partners, friends, etc.

And yes, all of these shed some light; but of course this light was not too shiny because I relied too much on outside feedback.

I've lived and learned, and have really started looking within, questioning my beliefs, listening to how I feel and what I allow into my experience.  Each day I learn to gauge where I am walking in truth and where I am believing in illusions.

Knowing myself has become my number one purpose.  I now have more willingness to observe my thoughts, to question my beliefs and to sense what is Truth.  Whatever I react to without serves as information to let me know what is going on inside....many times stuff I'm not yet aware of until I actually "look".  Look not with my physical eyes but with Spirit, with my Higher Self.  All this goes on continuously, in my everyday life and in my many encounters with others at home, at work, while driving, etc.

I know myself more by becoming aware of the patterns that continue to show up in my life. My relationships and the situations I attract are a wealth of information.  I notice that many times I'm not as present as I would like to be in my daily activities and react almost automatically.

I can know myself in the everyday, simple things and moments that Life presents to me. I practice paying attention and being more aware.  No fear.  I embrace it with love and compassion.

Being With Myself

Photo by reza shayestehpour on Unsplash

Sometimes, if not many times, I am overwhelmed by all the noise and excessive stimuli that captures my attention continuously.  It comes from social media on my iPhone or computer, from TV commercials, even in the mail I receive numerous offers....so much to read, to listen to, and to filter out.

But t's really up to me to choose what to allow into my awareness and what to filter out.  

Think on These Things is a book based on lectures by Jiddu Krishnamurti that I read many years ago. He pointed out how difficult it is for many of us to be with ourselves in a quiet environment, such as under a tree in Nature.  To just sit there.  He continued to point out how we have to have some kind of external stimulus all the time. We read a book, we turn on the TV or radio, get on our computer or iPhone to connect with social media..... in order to not feel alone?  

So, I remember that a lot and lately I'm practicing sitting in my bedroom or living room with no book, no music, no computer, no TV.  Just still, quiet...and be, for a few minutes here and there.  I'm not meditating, I'm just being with myself and paying attention.  

I admit it feels different.  It's a nice, positive feeling.  Freeing.

Books As Teachers

The first self-help book I ever read when I was 15 years old was The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale.  Applying some of the principles really helped me feel better.  I was going through very hard times as a teen, with anxiety attacks and mild depression. 

Then I remember reading a best-seller at the time, Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne Dyer.  That was a great book.  I also remember reading I'm Ok You're Ok, by Thomas Anthony  Harris,a practical guide to transactional analysis as a method for solving problems in life, which was also very helpful at the time.

Books have always been teachers and healing tools for me.  More than therapists and counselors.  So many books have held my hand along the way, helping me understand and heal my inner pain and confusion. 

During the 80's and 90's I was very involved in Christianity as an active member in an evangelical church for more than 15 years.  I studied The Bible and practiced the principles within it for many years, and the spiritual wisdom in this holy book sustained me during a time of much turmoil in my marriage at that time. What I learned from it still remains within me as a guiding light. 

Moving along on my journey I opened up to other spiritual paths, such as the series of Conversations with God.  Oh how I loved the content of these books.  It was soothing and felt like Truth.

Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti was another teacher book along the way.  Here I got a clearer understanding about not having an ideal (which creates frustration because it's not ever reachable) and about releasing beliefs of any kind in order to meet each moment with a fresh and open mind. 

A New Earth (The Power of Now) by Ekhart Tolle was also a wonderful book that made me aware of the pain body and about being in the present moment where there is true peace and awareness.

And then A Course in Miracles came to me in 2007.  This book has been transformational for me.  I've been a student for ten years now and it's been key in helping me surrender to the Spirit within, as I learn to choose to see innocence where I saw judgment before....it reminds me repeatedly of my true identity.  I continue to practice the principles in the Course because it truly heals my mind in so many ways.  Still more practice, moment to moment.  As I do so, this life gets a bit happier. 

What I Really Want

Over and over I have been taught that I need to know what I want in order to reach my goals and fulfill my dreams.

Well, I'm not sure why, but I've never really known what it is that I want to do. I do believe there are some people who are very defined in their passions, but honestly, I'm not one of them.  Not in the worldly sense at least.

Since an early age, I had a natural inclination to teaching, motivating, helping others.  I was extremely curious about life, God, spirituality in general, and how we humans fit into the whole equation.  This still remains true.  

I remember in high school I wanted to be a psychologist , a policewoman, a flight attendant, but I didn't follow any of those paths. My life just turned out differently.

As a teen, I always wanted to have 3 children. By my 20th birthday, I was married, and in the next few years I became the mother of 3 wonderful children.  I can say that this has been a wonderful and fulfilling experience.

Other than that, now at 62, I still can't say I know what I want.  I've come to know what I don't want. The sense of confinement, being boxed in and having to conform definitely do not resonate with me. After almost 40 years of working in corporations as an Administrative Professional, I know what that's like.

Lesson #24 of A Course in Miracles is titled:  I Do Not Perceive My Best Own Best Interests, and it's about this.  I don't really know what is the best path for me, I don't really know what would make me happy in any given situation.  I have no real guide to appropriate action, only what is determined by my perception.  As a Minister and Life Coach, I know that as I connect with others, help them remove the blocks in their minds that keep them stuck and in fear.....I also help myself.

More than ever, my practice and goal now is to ALLOW God through my Higher Self to show me the way.  As a teacher of God, I need to trust that I am being guided, lovingly, step by step, to what is in my best interest in each situation.  I want this.  It's peaceful, it feels secure, and it allows me to deepen my relationship with God and myself.  This is all that I know that I really want.

Self Empowerment Through Life Coaching

Many of us turn to others to find answers and meaning for our lives.  We put our faith in: 

• A guru to tell us what to do to be happy (self esteem)
• A doctrine to show us what rules to follow to get to Heaven (spiritual meaning)
• The media to tell us what car, house, body-building discipline, food, etc., to buy to find acceptance (self image)

So many people and organizations telling us what to do with our lives that we can't hear ourselves.  All the noise deafens our Inner Voice. 

Ultimately, only My Real Self truly knows what is best for me.  My point?  I need to learn to go within, be still and listen.  How can someone from the outside know what is right for me?  Well, they don't.

As a ministerial counselor and life coach, my role is to motivate you, hold you accountable, guide you back to your Real Self.  A good coach assists you back Home, within and creates the environment in the relationship to help you see you are responsible for your life.  You have choices that are right just for you.  A life coach holds YOU accountable for what you commit to.  A good coach mirrors back to you what you may be running away from and need to deal with.

With a life coach, it's going back to basics.  Back to YOU.
Then, if you choose to do so, you go to church, you buy the new car, you get the huge house, but not out of fear of "not being enough", but because YOU consciously choose this because it feels right for you!!

You are self empowered and responsible.

MEDITATION

A few weeks ago I began a meditation practice.  I've been consistent at sitting on my mat, 20 minutes daily.  Several times in the past I've tried it but always strayed away and never got around to creating a conscious, consistent habit.  I'd skip it if I didn't feel I had the time, and if I did meditate, it was usually in a rush. 

I've not committed to meditating in the morning before starting my busy day.  I light a candle, do a healing prayer and I sit straight. I focus on my breath, in and out, deep breaths.  A few seconds into the practice, my mind wanders to planning ahead, to what I'm going to do as soon as I am through meditating, or it focuses on a conversation I need to have; without me even realizing it, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts all over the place have taken over my attention.  I forgot the breathing.  Ahhh, then I become aware and I return to the breath.

So far, this has been most of my meditation practice.  I am getting better at it, being consistent, noticing my thoughts, returning to the breath, and being still.

The purpose of my practice is to take time out from doing, doing, doing, and focus more on being in the present moment, quiet, going within, observing what's going on in my mind, and to be aware of what I'm believing and giving reality to.

What I learn and gain during my practice goes with me throughout the day.  Moment to moment I am becoming more aware of what thoughts, feelings and beliefs are at the forefront of my mind.  Giving more awareness to my observer helps me to choose better and healthier ways of allowing Life to be as it is.  I don't feel the need to be so much in control.  There seems to be more inner peace taking the place of all the mind chatter.  

Meditation is surely becoming a part of my life.  

When I'm 61....Oh That's Today!!

I love this blog.  I started it quite a few years ago and everything I have shared here has always come from my heart, my own experience and never trying to convince anyone or sell anything.  

So, I do the same today.  I feel I want to post where I'm at on this beautiful day, my 61st birthday.
I don't feel 61 and I don't look it.  It's really just a number that's either self-imposed or society imposed.  So, moving on....

I'm at a really good place in my life.  I am learning to be grateful and appreciative just because.  Yes, I have so many blessings and so many "things" to be grateful for.  But those things can be taken away or leave.  So, gratitude for me is being joyful just because.  I've learned this just recently.  All my states of happiness in the past were attached to something or someone outside myself.

How freeing it is for me to finally begin understanding and enjoying the realization that God/Love/Freedom/Heaven is inside of me and that this journey called Life is really about discovering that Truth.  And then living it, moment to moment.  It's a practice you know.  It doesn't come naturally at first, since I've been programmed by everything including myself to believe otherwise.
So, as I drive, or walk, or work, I choose to look at the trees, breathe in Nature, give the best of me to all that I am doing.  And it feels really good.

All that said, I am also so grateful for all that I have lived, all that I am, and all the wonderful people and experiences I have had in my life.  I have these three wonderful beings that are my children.  They are unique and strong and powerful and being their own expression of themselves.  I honor the experience of having been born and raised in that wonderful, high-energy and incredible city that is New York. As they say, once a New Yorker, always a New Yorker.  Then stepping into the ocean of a new culture such as the Dominican Republic, where I lived for 30 years and learned so much about life there.  That was a real challenge.

I've been blessed with really good friends, unique lovers, good and not so good bosses and workplaces.  But all part of my journey.  I became a life coach and even a minister in these later years. And am proud of it!

I feel as if I am starting on a new journey now....an unknown one.  I don't know what is coming, but I know it is really good.  I am open, willing and grateful.  Thank you God!!!

Self Trust

Learning to trust myself has been a real challenge for me. 

Time and again I get that gut feeling, the warning, the nudge, and I invalidate this built-in guidance system and instead listen to what others around me think and feel is the right way to go.

I am so much more aware of this now. It used to be that when faced with a decision, small or significant, I couldn't make up my mind. I'd be filled with anxiety and confusion. Oh my God, what should I do? What if I choose wrong? What if I make a mistake? What if? What if?

Underneath that feeling of confusion was and is the inability to trust myself. Fear and self doubt are underneath these reactions. It has been a loooong journey to come to this realization.
Trust myself. That sounds and feels so good. Empowering.

Three precise tools or systems have helped me embrace this new way of interacting within myself (does that make sense, interacting within myself?).

• Human Design. This is a system of understanding your conditioning vs. your true and original design to help you get to know yourself better. More and more I am reminded from within what my true design is and it helps me to trust myself more.
• You University. The program is not just a reading through; it has tangible assignments and deep inner work to get you very much in touch with your core beliefs and allows you to surface and look at them.  It then empowers you to choose differently.
• My spiritual connection and relationship to God. Knowing I'm not alone and am loved unconditionally gives me courage to love and trust myself.

Trusting myself is a cornerstone in my coaching and ministerial practice. I certainly need to trust my instincts when connecting and listening to a client. Doubt has no place when dealing with something so precious and important as a life!

CONSISTENT!

Two years ago (as part of my ministerial training) I was asked to choose 3 spiritual traits I felt I needed to practice and develop more in my own life.

I chose:  TRUSTING, DEFENSELESS AND CONSISTENT.

During these past two years, through my life journey, I can affirm that I've developed more trust in my Higher Self and Its Guidance, and have practiced being more defenseless (work in progress).

Towards the end of 2014 I realized that being consistent has taken much more time and practice.
I looked deeper within myself to identify which areas I am not consistent in, and why.

Self care came up like a neon sign, specifically in the areas of:

• eating healthy, 
• right and consistent exercising (especially for strengthening my knees), and 
• being more aware of my thought patterns 

The why came up that I don't take myself too seriously and I make excuses easily.  I'll set the intention of eating less sweets but I don't follow through; I give in to cravings and I get lazy when it comes to exercising.

So, being CONSISTENT and more committed to ME has become my intention for the year 2015 starting right now.

I trust my Higher Self will support and strengthen me in this area!

I Am Provided For

Sometimes I get confused reading so much everywhere about The Law of Attraction, affirmations, how to become rich, etc., etc., etc.
I wonder....what really is true?  Probably there's some truth to all of it.  To find an answer that resonates with me, that feels true to my soul, I have to go within and ask myself...what has been my experience with what I call God and provision?  How about with the Law of Attraction? 
I have to ask myself....what does becoming or being "rich" really mean to me?  Why have I never had this fervor of pursuing to make a lot of money? Some people tell me....."you have to dream BIG".....
Could it be that deep within I don't feel worthy?  Do I feel incapable?   Maybe...to some extent.
Yet.....still......to go back to the answer I mentioned above...the one I find within.

Well, my experience, very personal and particular, is that God HAS and DOES provide for me. 
There have been times when I did apply the Law of Attraction, way before I even heard of it. 
For example.  Years ago, when I was searching to buy an apartment,  I took an index card and wrote on it the following specifications regarding the desired apartment:

• 3 - 4 specific neighborhoods
• certain characteristics of the structure (spacious, lots of windows and light coming in, privacy, good neighbors, good structure)
• Other particulars:  close to my parents' home, public transportation/pharmacy, etc. at a reasonable distance)
• Affordable:  at a price I could afford and have money left over to do some repairs/restructuring

Guess what?  95% of what I wrote on that card manifested.  I was awed.
I've practiced this in another instance in my life....with a job search in the past.  Same thing.

I find this is not a formula....it doesn't always happen my way.  Why?  I don't know.  This is a pending conversation I have with God.  But I do think that ultimately, God knows what's best for me, God sees the bigger picture, I don't.  My willingness (sometimes not so willingly) to ask God to guide me to my greatest good allows me to witness these "miracles" in my life.  It could be that my willingness to allow God to provide for me (and knowing I am loved ultimately...no matter what), dissipates the desire to make a lot of money.

A wise friend of mine once wrote:  is money what you really want? Or is it an experience of comfort, security, adventure, or beauty that money can offer you?

I choose the experience. 

Self Love is My Priority

Self Love is My Priority

My mentor, Maia Berens, has taught me many lessons since we virtually met years ago.  She came into my mind this morning as I was journaling about certain important lessons in my own life. 

Maia has learned to work with certain health issues.  She can eat anything and everything, but she shouldn’t.  There are certain foods that create havoc in Maia’s body and make her feel uncomfortable.  She’s chosen to care for herself by avoiding and substituting those foods vs. being careless and suffering the consequences.

Well, the lesson I have learned from Maia’s way of self care relates to my own issues with anxiety and depression.  These conditions have accompanied me for most of my life.  When life becomes stressful, they seem to invite themselves in and make way.  These unwanted visitors are closely linked to my old thought patterns and self-image. 

I don’t always care for myself and many times create havoc in my life because of the choices I make.  And then, the visitors are back. 

So I take responsibility for what happens to me.  I know there are certain disciplines I need to practice daily and consistently in order to maintain balance and harmony in my life.  Consistency and commitment to myself are key in remaining balanced.  Because, it’s not that I don’t do what I need to do, I just do it some of the time.  I grow more aware that loving myself is a moment to moment activity. 

So, I commit to:

•           Exercising regularly

•           Enjoy Nature

•           Be more present in each activity I undertake, no matter how common it is…such as washing the dishes. 

•           Daily spiritual practice:  meditation, A Course in Miracles principles, prayer, attending my spiritual group, remaining connected to my coaching group, do reiki on myself

•           Journaling, writing love letters….getting my feelings out of my system so they don’t accumulate inside

•           Being very aware of what I really want, and not pleasing others overriding my own desires and preferences

•           Taking time to rest and also enjoy life.  Have more fun.

•           Being aware of my thoughts and remaining focused on what is true and eternal

•           Consciously breathing so my mental focus is clearer

Don’t get me wrong, I do most of these regularly, but not consistently, and not all of them.  I have a tendency to get lost in my thoughts and in the doing.  Like Maia, it’s a matter of making loving myself my upmost priority.  My quality of life depends on it!!!

Food Addiction?

I started smoking when I was 14 years old....and quit when I began my spiritual walk at age 31.
I loved to smoke but it didn't serve me anymore in this new phase of life.  To this day, I have never had the urge again to smoke.  I thank God for that.

A few years after that, I started to put on weight.  I've always exercised one way or another, but because I love food and eat mostly what I like (sweets and carbs), I have put on more weight than I care to have.

For the past few years I've decided to lose 10 - 12 lbs., but I just can't stay committed.  I start fine and then return to my old eating habits.

During my devotional time this morning, when I commune with God, the question came to my mind....why am I not able to succeed at this goal? Why do I  make excuses in my mind to eat what I know will keep me exactly where I'm at?

And....why was I able to quit smoking (without much of a struggle)....but not able to stick to eating healthier?

The only answer I got this morning was....maybe I substituted one addiction for another.  Maybe eating comfort food took the place of smoking for me.  I hadn't seen it that way before.

In this morning's conversation with God, I asked for help with this issue.  Maybe I've been trying to do it all on my own.  I'm not sure.  I am open to receive strength, guidance and insight to succeed.

Life Is Happening....Even When All Is Still

Last week I was out researching prices and merchandise for an export business between my daughter and I.  I stepped into one particular small clothing store.  The owner and I started chatting.  I told her what I was doing….one thing led to another and out of the blue (?) she asked me if I wanted to help her out two days a week at the store.  I know absolutely nothing about sales, but this felt ok inside and part of a learning process that I need for later on in my journey.
So, yesterday I went for training.  Because it’s something new, I felt awkward, but I was grateful to be out of the house and interacting with people.  And learning.
I’m very involved and excited in expanding my life coaching practice, and I realize that this time in my life is about learning, absorbing, and connecting.  I also feel there is a time to act, a time to rest, a time to be still and pay attention. 
I have prayed and asked God for guidance in all my plans, and what I hear is that it’s time to listen…wait, and take guided steps.  Impatience does creep in a lot, but Wisdom is knowing when to act and when to wait.  So, even though a part of me wants to rush, and whispers that I should be doing this and doing that (many times comparing myself to others and feeling I “should” be moving at a faster speed), it’s not my path.  Learning to follow my own pace is part of my learning.  As Maia reminds me (and is one of the main tools in YOU University program)....LIFE IS A SCHOOL.  And I'm paying attention. 

Self Trust

Learning to trust myself is a real challenge for me. Time and again I get that gut feeling, the warning, the nudge, and I invalidate this built-in guidance system and instead listen to what others around me think and feel is the right way to go.
At least I am realizing this. It used to be that when faced with a decision, small or significant, I couldn't make up my mind. I'd be filled with anxiety and confusion. Oh my God, what should I do? What if I choose wrong? What if I make a mistake? What if? What if?
Underneath that feeling of confusion was and is the inability to trust myself. Fear and self doubt are underneath these reactions. It has been a loooong journey to come to this realization.
Trust myself. That sounds so good. So wholly.
Three precise tools or systems, if you will, have helped me embrace this new way of interacting within myself (does that make sense, interacting within myself?).

• Human Design. This is a system of understanding your conditioning vs. your true and original design to help you get to know yourself better. More and more I am reminded from within what my true design is and it helps me to trust myself more.
• You University. The program is not just a reading through; it has tangible assignments and work that get you very much in touch with your core beliefs and allows you to surface and look at them and choose differently.
• My spiritual connection and relationship to God. Knowing I'm not alone and am loved unconditionally gives me a certain courage to love myself.

Trusting myself is a cornerstone in my coaching practice. I certainly need to trust my instincts when connecting and listening to a client. Doubt has no place when dealing with something so precious and important as a life.

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Perceiving Life as a School

During one of my recent coaching sessions, I asked my client (which I'll call Jacob) for his perception of life.
Jacob's response was: life seems meaningless, a cycle of repetitive events. You're born, you grow up, go to school, get a career, you work all your life, get married, have kids, make money to give your family a better life, you grow old and you die. What's the point, he asks?
Yet, Jacob is a believer in God. He prays each day and is grateful for his blessings. So, what's happening here?
Oh, did he remind me of my own way of experiencing life until a few years ago.
I remember in my younger years, even though I believed in God, God felt very separate from me, very far away, very unfair, very responsible for all that was happening to me and in the world in general. I felt I had no say in what was happening TO me.
Until I had a spiritual awakening. I was searching for something more, for meaning. I was at a place similar to where Jacob is right now.
As I've walked my own path through the years, I've learned and experienced that God has been within me all along. I have stopped blaming God for all that happens.
There's a very deep and healing exercise in You University that has been key in changing my perception. This is Magic Secret # 1. Life is a school. The effectiveness of this exercise is it took me to my past, all of my life, and assisted me in finding a lesson in each life situation. This is not a lite, superficial exercise. It's more of a self-discovery one. There was a shift in my awareness of my life. That aha moment Oprah talks about, you know. The deep questions I was to ask myself: What did each event teach me? How did I grow from them? How was it important in my overall journey?
When I listened to Jacob's perception of life, I knew then and there that one of my goals as his life coach is to point him in that direction of looking for what he's learned in each situation and how it has helped to form who he is today. This knowledge will empower him to realize he is not a victim, but a creator of his own life.
Life coaching is a purposeful and growth-provoking vocation. I heal as I teach others to heal.

I Embrace Life

-->This morning I wake up and embrace Life. I know God is always with me.
I am a great Life Coach.
I have abundance of all good.
My coaching practice flourishes and overflows.
Our coaching practice flourishes and overflows.
We are a strong, loving, energetic, positive force in the world
We are healing and as we heal, we heal those around us.
I know what to say, when to say it because I am guided.
In our group, we complement each other because our talents and skills are so vast when joined together. The sum of the all is greater that is separate parts.
People with the financial capacity and willingness to commit are coming into our program.
We have, each of us, as individuals and also as a group, an infinite flow of clients being coached, helped, healed, trained. Our organization is growing. It is organized. Our vision remains.
And so it is!!

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