Recognize That Downtime Is An Important Part of The Goal-Realization Process

                Lys by rubberpaw Common sense dictates that when you are tired, feeling run down, don't feel like you can do whatever 'it' is anymore, that you take a break, relax and regroup. But how many of you do that?

When you feel drained it is because you are not aligned with the energy of the moment. Thus, everything is a struggle.

If you intend to attain your goals, understand that down-time is critical to success which is the thought for today. It is time to choose you!

Much of the goal-realization process is centered about periods in which we make little or no progress. When we are patient and use these interludes between bouts of activity wisely, we are empowered to prepare ourselves for the challenges yet to come.

Though it may seem as if this time is wasted, we are still immersed in the pursuit of our goals. Downtime provides us with a useful opportunity to relax and collect our thoughts before we must once again give ourselves over to our labors.

As we wait, our minds never stop refining those plans already in place and dreaming up our next round of ambitions, and it is these activities that provide us with the seeds of future pursuits.

Your impatience will melt away today when you recognize that downtime is an important part of the goal-realization process. —DailyOM

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Pay Attention To The Way You Feel

Fleurs en papier by eye of einstein  This is great reminder for me because I forget and get caught up in others emotional crap which is self-defeating.

It is the key to my being present – wise advice I received from my psychotherapist during my suicidal period. I hope it rings a bell with you.

When you are present, you are aware and can handle anything thrown at you, even the kitchen sink!

By paying attention to the way you feel, and then choosing thoughts that feel the very best, you are managing your own vibration, which means you are controlling your own point of attraction -- which means you are creating your own reality.

It's such a wonderful thing to realize that you can create your own reality without sticking your nose in everybody else's, and that the less attention you give to everybody else's reality, the purer your vibration is going to be -- and the more you are going to be pleased with what comes to you.
—Abraham

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Find A Way To Be Happy Now

         Happy flower by Jomind 

You're always on your way somewhere. The key is: find a way to be happy wherever you now are on your way to where you really want to be. (We're speaking of the state of being you want.)

It does not matter where you are; where you are is shifting constantly - but you must turn your attention to where you want to go. And that's the difference between making the best of something and making the worst of something.
—Abraham-Hicks

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Opening the Heart Chakra — A Simple Mantra

This is a delicious meditation – it's the only word that comes to mind!

Olivia Rosewood's entire article  Please Meditate: Check your heart chakra is so soft and loving as she invites us to perform this meditation. Do read. This is everyday spirituality people; get on board!

To encourage the opening of the heart chakra energy vortex, try this simple mantra repetition exercise:

»Set a timer for five, 10, or 20 minutes.

»Close your eyes and place both hands over your heart.

»With the palms of your hands, listen to your heart. Listen for the rhythm of your heartbeat, and also listen to the energy in this area.

» You may feel ache, pain, or any range of human emotion. Feeling is healing, so feel these energies, and then let them go.

Take a deep inhale, and as you exhale, slowly say to yourself or out loud, "y-ah-m" (yam as in tom, not yam as in sam).

Repeat "yam" slowly with your inhale and then with your exhale until your timer ends.

Then sit in silence of the mind, deepening your awareness of true meditation.

You might notice spontaneous, effortless love for yourself and all of existence pouring out of your heart chakra. If you do feel this, please enjoy it.

More articles to enjoy:

• Transforming Stress into Positive Energy (psychologytoday.com) — Excellent article with a neat breath ritual at the end.
• Natural Stones for Medicinal Use (brighthub.com) — Solid and informative with practical uses.
• Primordial Sound Meditation for Well-Being (brighthub.com) — Love this; we vibrate and create. This is a powerful meditation technique!
• Beverley Golden: Heart Facts: How Well Do You Know Yours? (huffingtonpost.com) — Superb article with tons of facts and worthwhile info; very informative.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Spend Time Giving Aid and Support to People in Need

         Image by A......M......A We quickly realize how fortunate we have been in our lives when we choose to devote a portion of our energy and assets to those whose advantages in life have been few and far between. 

It is easy to feel deprived or unlucky when we only have individuals who share our relative levels of prosperity to look to for comparison. 

Spending time giving aid and support to people in need provides us with a wonderful opportunity to both help others prosper as we have and gain a deeper insight into the blessings we have been afforded during our time on earth.

As we share our resources with people who will ostensibly benefit from them more so than we ourselves will, we realize that our lives are more bountiful than we ever imagined. You will feel you have reached a place of unlimited abundance today as you do your part to lift others into the light. —DailyOM

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Take Possession of Your Mind – Feed it Positive, Constructive Thoughts

            Image by zunardu Thought for today is from Napoleon Hill exhorting us to master our thoughts, take control of our minds, and decide and act to get what we want from life.


I invite you to have a look at the Message on success and stories from his grandson, J.B. Hill; nothing but inspiration.

Take possession of your own mind, and you may soon make life pay off on your terms.

Your mind is unquestionably your most valuable possession. You may lose every material thing you own, but knowledge can never be taken from you. With it, you can earn a new fortune, build a new home, and buy anything you truly desire. No one else can control your thoughts; even the cruelest tyrant cannot force you to think about something you refuse to accept.

When you make a deliberate decision to take control of your mind and feed it positive, constructive thoughts, you are on your way to taking control of your life. The thoughts you allow to dominate your mind will determine what you will get from life. Naphill.org

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EFT Tapping Script To Send Love Now

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Here is a superb and I mean superb EFT tapping script to Send Love Now from EFT Master Carol Look.

Oh my goodness it lifts your spirits immediately — it lifted me so high — it deserves to be shared, so make sure and pass it on.

For those new to EFT, follow the links to learn EFT from a Master and get the chart with the tapping points.

It is a perfect start to the week too especially since the EFT 2011 Summit starts today, 21 February, for 10 days! I hope you already signed up to access the free sessions!

Carol says:

What’s the catch?  In order to Send Love, we have to actually Feel Love… and some of us are out of practice or don’t want to feel love when we’re thinking of what’s bothering us.  And if we have a conflict with another person, we are often reluctant to Send Love to that person or to the bothersome situation. 

How do you Feel Love in order to Send Love? If I can’t honestly feel love and compassion for the situation I’m focusing on, I choose a person or item or color or object that I do feel love towards, and then direct that feeling towards the problem in question.  It’s that easy.  And if you can’t Send Love, try sending compassion, understanding, caring or peace. 

So what if we made a decision to commit to, or better yet, feel inspired to Send Love to all our problems and conflicts – so much abundance would start to flow in to our lives! Have I lost you yet?  

All I am suggesting is that if we tried to Send Love to our problems instead of the energy we usually “send” to them, they would probably work out faster and for the better.  Try it… it’s an immediate uplifter for your mood!  

Remember, the energy of abundance is about appreciation, gratitude and ease, so whenever you are Sending Love, you are in the energy of abundance, a vibration that will communicate to the Law of Attraction that you are ready to attract what you want. 

What if by Sending Love to your problems,
you could attract your desires even faster?

Why would Sending Love speed up the attraction process? Because the energy of love lacks resistance, and any time you release resistance in your energy system, you become more congruent with the desires you have been expressing and asking for through Law of Attraction exercises.  When you have more love in your energy field, you have less resistance…  Both these energies are very powerful… I prefer the power of love to the power of resistance.

Image by dhammza

This newsletter is yet another opportunity to clear
any of your conflicts about being outrageously
abundant in every part of your life.

Are you ready to do some clearing?  Answer the following questions about Sending Love… I have added the typical “yes, buts” that surface when I ask clients these questions. 

1– What’s the “downside” to Sending the Energy of Love to your problems?
Yes, but, I’m accustomed to being upset, resentful and angry about my problems… I don’t know how to be loving. 

Yes, but, why should I Send Love to someone or something I don’t like?  

2– What’s the “upside” to focusing on fear, anger, worry or any other emotions that are upsetting?  

     »Yes, but, these negative feelings help me feel motivated to change! 

     »Yes, but, I feel more comfortable when I am involved in a “battle.” 

3– How does it serve you to continue excluding love from the equation of healing?

     »Yes, but, I didn’t know the energy of love was involved in healing.

     »Yes, but, I don’t feel loving, so why Send Love?…

These are all powerful questions to help you uncover any resistance to this Sending Love process.  Once you know the upside of staying where you are or the downside of Sending Love, you can tap on the emotional blocks and change your energy so that you become completely congruent with a successful life. 

The good news is that you can treat
whichever “yes, buts” you have with
basic EFT tapping! 

One way to continue becoming congruent with your desires is to continue reading positive material about the power of combining EFT and the Law of Attraction.  

Image by Parvin ♣( OFF for a while ) Another way is to continue to tap every day to release your blocks to attracting abundance.  I invite you to review two of my favorite recent newsletters:

Energetic Invitations

Giving Thanks Daily

Combine these messages with this week’s topic, Sending Love and make a profound shift in your daily attraction process.

Here’s what I know… People who use the
energy of love in their lives improve their vibration –
then they attract more success and abundance!  

In my newsletters, I like to include the benefits I have found to what I am proposing to my readers.  Below are my favorite benefits of Sending Love: 

1– Sending Love to all your problems will make you feel relaxed, calm and peaceful, necessary ingredients in the recipe for attracting abundance! 

2– Sending Love to any emotional or physical problem will automatically raise your vibration so the Universe “notices” you are more in line with your desires… (Remember, the Law of Attraction “hears” your vibration, not your words.) 

3– Sending Love means you have to access the energy of love, which is good for your body and mind.  It continues to release your overall resistance and makes you open to receive what you have been asking the Universe to deliver. 

As Law of Attraction teachers say — it’s all energy. So change your energy by Sending Love, even if it feels a little awkward or unusual to you at first.  This will automatically invite the Universe to help you create more abundance right now. 

Remember, the Law of Attraction sends you situations that have the same energy of the vibration you are putting out… so when you are feeling relaxed and confident because you have been Sending Love, the Universe will bring you more opportunities that match this feeling on an energetic basis. 

It’s your choice…
Choose to consciously Send Love
and enjoy the abundance that flows
into your life!

                  Image by Ozyman Below you will find EFT setup phrases to help you be inspired to release your doubts to being able to attract what you want into your life. 

When you change your vibration,
you will change your life. 

Go ahead, raise your vibration by
Sending Love to your conflicts
right now! 

1. EFT SETUP PHRASES: 

The EFT SETUP Phrases for this topic are as follows: 

While tapping the karate chop spot on either hand, repeat these phrases out loud, (or change the words to fit your exact situation). 

“Even though I don’t think it’s useful to Send Love to my problems, I accept who I am and how I feel.” 

“Even though I don’t feel safe feeling and Sending Love, I accept every part of me anyway.”

“Even though I have a conflict about Sending Love to my problems, I accept who I am and how I feel.” 

I have indicated where to tap while saying each of the phrases below. You may repeat the positive round more than once if you wish. (Those of you who are new to EFT may view a chart of the spots on my web site under the EFT pages.) 

***Now for the phrases that focus on the problem*** 

Eyebrow: “I’m afraid to Send Love to my problems.”
Side of Eye: “I don’t know how to Send Love.”
Under Eye: “I don’t know who I’d be if I felt and sent so much love.”
Nose: “I have this conflict about Sending Love to my conflicts.”
Chin: “I’m convinced that I don’t want to Send Love to my problems.”
Collarbone: “It doesn’t feel normal to Send Love to my conflicts.”
Under Arm: “What if I don’t feel comfortable Sending Love?”
Head: “I’m not sure how to Send Love to my problems.” 

***Now for the positive focus on the solution***

Eyebrow: “What if I could clear my problems faster by Sending Love?”
Side of Eye: “I want to want to Send Love to my problems.“
Under Eye: “I’m willing to try to learn how to Send Love to challenges.”
Nose: “I intend to be open to Sending Love to my problems.”
Chin: “I choose to release the old patterns and Send Love now.”
Collarbone: “I’m ready to Send Love to my abundance issues.“
Under Arm: “I appreciate that I never learned how to Send Love…”
Head: “I love eliminating all my resistance to Sending Love.” 

Access more positive vibrations with the Law of Attraction by repeating the following phrases (while tapping or not):

»Thank You, Universe for showing me how to Send Love to all the conflicts in my life!
»Thank You, Universe for allowing me to feel safe as I Send the Energy of Love to the abundance issues in my life.
»Thank You, Universe for inspiring me to Send Love to all the problems in my life! 

Keep tapping, and enjoy using the Law of Attraction to bring more of what you want into your life!

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Searching For A Creative Solution To An Old Problem – Tap Into Your Imagination

               Digitalis Purpurea via WikipediaNapoleon Hill needs no introduction! As far as I am concerned he wrote the definitive book for success Think and Grow Rich.

As a subscriber to his Foundation, I received the following which deserves to be shared. It's all about tapping into your imagination.

We are just beginning to understand the mysterious ways in which the mind works, but successful people have long known how to use the power of creative vision to their advantage.

Many "new" ideas are really nothing more than a new combination of two well-known products or ideas. Nevertheless, great fortunes have been built upon such combinations when they are supported by a clever name and marketing campaign.

There is a definite process that you can use to tap into your imagination.

In his book A Technique for Producing Ideas, James Webb Young identified five steps:

1. Gather the appropriate information.

2. Work the information over in your mind.

3. Incubate the idea in your subconscious.

4. Recognize the "Eureka!" stage when the idea is born.

5. Shape and develop the idea for practical application.

The technique works.

Give it a try the next time you're searching for a creative solution to an old problem. —Napoleon Hill Foundation

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Show Other You Love Them In Your Actions and Words

Arum Palaestinum via WikipediaWhen we show others that we love them in our actions as well as in our words, the special people in our lives cannot help but recognize the strength of our devotion and our loyalty. 

There is an undeniable affectionate undercurrent that is a part of all self-sacrifice, and we display our feelings for all to see when we put aside our own needs in order to concentrate on those of our beloved friends and relatives. 

However often we express our feelings in flowery speech, it is our readiness to see to the well-being of those important to us that serves to solidify the bonds between us. 

Since they understand that they can count on us no matter what, the implied tenderness in our deeds comes through quite clearly. 

Your loving feelings will be evident in your choices today as you provide your loved ones with the succor and support they require. —DailyOM

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Joy and Pursuits: There is a Link

Marsh marigolds by joysaphine Food for thought today is from Abraham/Hicks about joy, and reading it I understand that there is a link between joy and pursuits.

Now you might say well it is kind of obvious but most of us do not think about why we stop following through on projects, why we lose interest in certain things, why everything starts to drag at a certain point...

Bottom line – we do not think much of the time. We do not see that when joy is no longer present there is no impetus, no drive, no desire to continue doing anything at all.

You might want to use the Focus Wheel to clarify your desires and make them real. 

I like this!

Everything you do is for the purpose of the joy that it is giving you. And so, when you don't see something through, it means that it stopped producing the joy that you were hoping to receive. Of course, it is always better if you have anticipated something and you've stayed lined up with it. If you're lined up with it, then it's joy when you're thinking about it even before you start, and it's joyful as you start, and it's intoxicating as you're going, and it's fulfilling as you do it, and it's satisfying as you finish it and you're in alignment the whole way on that.
—Abraham

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