My dear friend Marni, founder of Datingwithdignity.com wrote in her blog last week on how to attract wonderful relationships. Marni talks about “like attracts like”. “If you want a confident & positive partner”, says Marni, “you are more likely to attract (and keep them long-term), if you’re confident & positive as well. If you want an all-around amazing partner, doesn’t it make sense that you’re more likely to attract and stay with a life partner the more amazing you are as a person?”
I think this concept applies to any kind of relationship: business and personal. Energy attracts like energy. Smile first, and the lady behind the counter will smile back. Be aggressive towards people – they will be towards you. Meditation, personal growth and any other actions you take to live a balance life is helping you to get closer to self-love and to having a positive attitude. It is only when we accept and love ourselves that we are sending this loving energy to the world.
This is how attraction starts: first we send it away, and then we receive the same back. Affirmation is a great way to attract positive energy. Saying/writing/reading the affirmation many times every day this week, will bring loving people into your life.
Give it a try! Let me know what happens….
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan
In my IPEC Life Coaching training I came across this concept. Choice is the freedom to see things as we desire, feel what we want, and live as we create our lives to be.
When we choose to do one things, we are choosing not to do another. We can’t do two things at once. As I progress and grow in my spiritual journey I learn that even my emotions are a matter of choice. I can choose to change my thoughts, and it will change the feeling. For instance, when I stressed out, it is not an objective fact. It is my choice to create stress. I can do the same action in a calm way. It is in my hands to change it.
Some people will say the life is pre-determined and that we have no control over things.
What do you think? – do we really have a choice with every aspect of our lives?
Getting ready for my Meditation Class in August, I listened to a Dharma talk by James Baraz. Baraz quoted one of his teachers who said:
Let go a little – you’ll have a little freedom
Let go a lot – you’ll have a lot of freedom
Let go completely – you’ll have a complete freedom.
How do you let go completely? How do you let go a lot? For ordinary people like me, it takes a lot of practice to let go. It sounds simple, doesn’t require hard work but I wish somebody would find the perfect recipe for letting go….
Read More Post a comment (1)Look at how the universe operates. Day and night follow each other in perfect synchronicity. The seasons take turns to change without ever making a mistake. Every planet is always rotating in perfect order and never deviating from its course..
If there is such order in nature, why is it so hard for us to allow God/ the divine/ the universe to guide us in the same way?
…and what should you expect?
You lie down on a massage table fully clothed. You are only asked to remove shoes, belts or big jewelries. A soft, relaxing music is playing in the background. Michal will gently rest her hands upon you, non-intrusively, in a series of positions corresponding to the body main energy centers called Chakras. Each hand position is held for a few minutes, sometimes longer, and during this time energy will flow into you, drawn according to your needs, helping to balance your energy system.
I just came back to Atlanta after a month of traveling. It was only natural for me to wake up in the morning on the day after with the longest To-Do list ever….. First, it was in my head.
When I started to meditate, the only thing I could focus on was my list. I did what I usually do when this happens: I did a Journaling Meditation. In my journal, I put it all on paper, without worrying about what it is or what it looks like. Then, I took a big piece of paper and wrote down the list I had in my head. Everything. Looking at the list I knew that it is not reasonable to think that I, or any human being, would be able to do all these in one day.
Read More Post a comment (0)Last weekend, I met a group of amazing people, who joined together for a weekend of Life Coaching Training with the IPEC School. The training was great, but what was even more amazing was to get to know all these people, who are so committed to grow and change into powerful leaders. I was so inspired by being among people who THINK BIG. It made me want to create an extraordinary life for myself and others.
100 years ago, Wallace D. Wattles wrote in his book The Science of getting RICH:
“[The] universal law by which all life advances continuously into fuller expression. . .is that whenever an organism has more life than can find expression by functioning perfectly on a given plane, its surplus life lifts it to the next higher plane. When you put enough of yourself into your present work to do it perfectly, your surplus power will extend your work into a large field. It is also essential that you should have in mind what you want, so that your surplus power may be turned in the right direction.”
Think Big! It will lift you to the next level
This week on my Stress-Reduction Phone Seminar we had an interesting conversation about Chakras and colors. It will benefit you the most if you take the 45 minutes, sit in a quiet room by yourself and devote yourself to the experience. The call starts with a meditation and end with a meditation and the discussion is in the middle.
What does Abundance mean for me? For years, my focus was on being grateful for what I have in my life. Abundance for me was only love, values, personal growth and service. Financial security was not part of the deal. It felt negative for me to want it. Since then, life experiences taught me that I should include not only financial security in my definition of Abundance but even prosperity and success. I realized that Abundance is a rich concept which includes everything.
Recently, dear friends of us gave us the book “The Science of getting RICH” by Wallace D. Wattles. What’s amazing about this book is that it was published in 1910 but his ideas are so relevant and powerful today! I will share some of his inspirations in the next couple of days.
Page 73: “There is thinking stuff from which all things are made. A thought, in this Substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon Formless Substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created. In order to do this, man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind; he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants, and hold this picture in his thoughts with the fixed PURPOSE to get what he wants, and the unwavering FAITH that he does get what he wants, closing his mind against all that may tend to shake his purpose, dim his vision, or quench this faith”.
100 years ago, Wattles stated that we create our future in our mind. This idea was picked up for The Secret in 2006. Do you agree?
So what does abundance mean to you?
Do you believe you can create it if you have faith?
Today we had a bad drain clog. It was bad and ugly. The plumber found that tree roots were the cause. When I was done cleaning the floors, I remembered that a dear friend of mine once told me that a clogged drain might symbolizes a suppressed issue or blockage, and the release of the drain means that time has come to let it go.
Surprisingly (or maybe not?) a few hours after the plumber left, I spoke with a family member on the phone, became very emotional and had a very good cry… one of those cries which feels very freeing.
It made me think – was there a connection between my cry and the clogged drain?
Preparing for next week’s FREE Stress-Reduction Phone Seminar, I “played” with different types of meditation. I approached it with the sense of play and curiosity I talked about yesterday and it was really fun.
Who said meditation should be serious? Who said it should be scary?
Do I have to always sit crossed legs in a quiet room with candles and music?
The answer is NO. Mediation can be simple as gazing at the wall and counting your breaths or saying an affirmation or mantra over and over again. One of my favorite ways is to listen to one of my guided meditations on my iPod when I come back from work and need a break before dinner and whatever else I have that night.
I call it my “Meditation Nap.” My daughter says it is funny that I listen to my own voice on my iPod. Funny? Maybe. But it always calms me down and gives me a refreshing boost of energy.
By the way, I always set the alarm clock to 20 minutes when I take my “Meditation Naps” because I sometimes fall asleep in the middle…..don’t tell anyone! In my morning meditation I make sure to sit up straight and to stay awake and concentrated but during my nap, I don’t’ mind if I fall asleep.
Be creative, have fun with meditation. It doesn’t have to be serious!
On my flight back home I read the book “Book Yourself Solid” by Michael Port. Port says: “Part of what keeps us stuck is that we take ourselves, and the process, too seriously”.
I can relate to this. Sometimes, I turn something small into a big deal and I get frustrated from not being able to move forward. What do I do to release the blockage? I approach the problem with an attitude of PLAY and with CURIOSITY.
How do I do that?
By closing my eyes, taking a few deep breaths and leting myself off the hook.
By taking a different or unexpected move that will bring some lightness or humor into the situation. If I leave the problem and do something playful or fun in the meantime, chances are big that when I come back I will be able to solve the problem. This is known in psychology too. “Sleep on it” has a scientific basis.
Feeling stuck? Let yourself of the hook, take it easy, and approach the problem with a sense of play and curiosity.
Before I created my “Relax and Let Go” meditation (part of my Weekly Meditation program), I made a list of areas in my life in which I needed to practice letting go.
The list was quite long. Since then, every time I listen to this meditation, (Yes, I do… it’s on my iPod and one of my favorite ones to use during my “Meditation Naps” when I come back from work) I have new additions to my list of “letting go”.
Why is it so hard to let go?
All my life I was a control freak. I still catch myself thinking that the more control I have, the easier my life would be. It is actually the opposite: The more I am able to let go, the more I am able to trust the universe and the divine, the easier my life would be.
I would definitely say/write/read this affirmation over and over again this week while traveling back home. There are so many things I have no control over right now and so many areas in which I need to let go.
I Let Go and Accept the Flow
Here is a question I love to ask my clients: If a fairy appeared through the window and told you she can arrange your life to be exactly like you want it to be, what would you say?
So today, for my Birthday, I am asking myself the same question. Here is what I would tell the fairy:
I don’t just want my life to be a little bit better, I want it to be much better. I’d like it to be extraordinary, amazing. I want to maximize my potential. I’d like to wake up every morning enthusiastic and passionate about life. I want to love every moment of it. I want to be the best of myself. I want to “upgrade” my life in every way I can. I would like to have abundance and prosperity.
Years ago, my speech to the fairy would be different. I would only tell her that I am grateful for everything I have and I don’t want anything else. Today, for my Birthday, I would like to think big. That’s what I ask my clients to do, and today – that’s what I am asking myself to do. Think big.
What would you ask for if you could have anything you want for your Birthday?
Reiki ideals
Just for today, do not worry
Just for today, do not anger
Honor your teachers, your parents, your neighbors, your friends
Just for today live honestly
Just for today be kind to all living things
My dad is being released from the hospital and I am heading home soon. I am grateful for being able to be with him during the surgery. It won’t easy for me to leave him. He still has a long way to go in his recovery. I wish I could stay but I know that I have to go back home to my family who I miss, you all, my work and my life. I’ve started worrying about lots of things: things I need to do for my dad before I leave, catching up I have to do back home, and more. I can easily get overwhelmed! I’ve been there before.
Reminding myself of the Reiki Ideals is helping me stay centered. I include those in my daily prayer: Just for today…..
I don’t need to figure it all out right now. I don’t need to worry about tomorrow, next week, next month, next year… I need to focus on today. One day at a time. That’s what my dad needs to do for his recovery. That’s what I need to do for my sanity.
Tomorrow is my Birthday and I am going to reflect on what I really want for my Birthday. Will share with you tomorrow!
Just for today….. One day at a time
