Everyone is endowed with the same creativeness.  The only difference is whether you use your spiritual power as negative weapons that cause harm and pain or as tools for growth and positive change.  You have access to many spiritual gifts that can work miracles in your life if you learn how to consciously use them toward your best good.  Enlightenment requires a daily diet of self-referral and introspection.  Meditation and uplifting food for thought will help restore your balance and sense of well-being as you strive to nurture your spirituality and develop your perceptual powers.

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Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.  Job 22:28

How your mind talks to itself is how you perceive self in relationship with Life.  The statements you continually make to yourself, whether spoken or silent, create the backdrop of all experience, and these emerge from how you perceive and interpret your reality.  They evoke all the positive and negative circumstances based on your mental outlook.  Everything that happens to you is meant to help you move to a higher level of awareness by enlarging your World View.  However, when you think in negative terms, you only reaffirm more of what is being documented.  Be careful of what you attach to your Iamness.  Negative experiences arise from re-validating what
you say you don't want (i.e., I hate my life; I am never going to amount to anything; I am always broke; No one appreciates me.)  Positive input is vital in reprogramming the inner dialogue because that dialogue colors your perceptions about what's going on in your world, and this creates the platform for what you attract into your life.

I don't believe; I know.  -Carl Jung

          Retraining the mind is essential if you expect good results.  A continual  flow of positive statements about Who You Want To Be brings about the biggest changes.  Always state your affirmations in the Present Tense ("I am" or "I have") to affirm it in The Now.  Otherwise, everything will be held from your reach, because the subconscious will keep whatever youaffirm in the future by saying "I wish," "I want," or "I will have."  There are countless affirmations to choose from.  The important thing is to be aware of the continual stream of thoughts running through your mind-what you are constantly telling yourself-and then substitute this mental commentary with short, positive statements that will eventually delete old recordings.  Becoming aware of the mind's chatter and changing that dialogue to support your highest ideals is the most powerful tool in transforming your life.  The more you concentrate on what you're calling to yourself, the more you'll understand why things are the way they are.  Choose your affirmations wisely, because "to affirm" anything to the Universe means you believe that something "already is," and this sets the stage for the manifestation process to begin.  When you put out a definite, clear intention to the Universe, you seldom have to fight for what you want.

Some affirmations that have worked for Marcella: I am one with my God.  All is well in my world. I love and appreciate myself exactly as I am right now. I am joyous, free and loving in all that I do. I am a vehicle of prosperity, cheer and goodwill. I am always in charge of my life. I accept my goodness which is always flowing through me. I am always being guided toward my highest good. I am grateful for the abundance of the Universe. I am radiant, alert and healthy. I am honoring myself when I express my truth. The more you receive, the more you have to give; and the more you give, the more you will receive.  -Kunda

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There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day. -Alexander Woolcott

Until you can understand that nothing can happen to you, nothing can ever come to you or be kept from you, except in accord with your state of consciousness, you do not have the key to life.  -Paul Twitchell, The Flute of God (Eckankar)

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.  -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You have a presence that cannot be kept secret.  Your essence is visible, naked, to anyone who cares enough to experience it.  You are a source of warmth and light.  And your purpose here is to be who you already are. There is nothing else you need to be doing.  This is it.  -Paul Williams, Remember Your Essence

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.  -Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

All spiritual practice is reprogramming yourself until you reach a state of awareness where you can forget about programming.  Awareness is the vital ingredient for all personal development.  To become aware and to know yourself is the Path that leads to freedom.  Awareness is your special gift. Be grateful for it.  -Swami Sivananda Radha

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others, but by simply accepting them as they are.  True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.  -Gerald G. Jampolsky, Love is Letting Go of Fear

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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now.  -Goethe

Invocations can be used to invoke the Light prior to meditating.  To invoke means to "call upon" or to "call in" something to yourself.  When you invoke something, you are summoning a vibration of energy that you need or want to work with for yourself and for others.  The quality of the energy or thought should always be your highest and used to invoke godly virtues such as healing power, compassion, strength, clarity of mind, peace, understanding, etc.  The essence of what you invoke becomes the vibrations of what you receive back.

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Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.  -Pearl S. Buck

Insight can come at any moment and in the most unusual places.  We do not always get answers while we meditate.  Meditation is as much an act of self-healing and regeneration as it is guidance and insight.  Some people like to walk, others listen to music and some get out-of-doors to draw from Mother Nature.  Meditation, in whatever form we practice it, is that special place we go in order to honor our own sacredness.  Even if you only meditate one minute each day, you will restore yourself on some level.

Meditation is more enjoyable and rewarding when you learn not to be afraid of being alone with yourself or that you're not getting anything out of it.  There is something behind the door and you are worth finding it, but you must put your time in to make it happen.  Meditation is much like riding a bicycle: once your learn how to balance yourself and get behind the front wheel (mind), you never forget how to drive the vehicle (body) as you pedal your spirit through life's events.  Those who meditate usually experience greater vitality, aliveness and peace and need less sleep because the entire being is being replenished from a vaster storehouse of unlimited resources.

Every circumstance and situation gives you the opportunity to allow your soul to shine through you, to bring into the physical world through you its unending and unfathomable reverence for and love of Life.  -Gary Zukav,  "Thoughts from the Seat of the Soul: Meditations for Souls in Process

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What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.  Mark 11:24

PRAYERS:  A prayer spoken with the essence of gratitude is the most powerful nergy in the Universe, because it rides on the wings of love to bless everything in its path.  When you pray in positive, selfless tones, you are expanding your world to embrace all aspects of Creation, drawing closer to The Divine within.  A prayer need not be profound to have immeasurable results.  It only needs to be sincere to become a holistic vibration of energy that imparts the essence of the prayer.  There is a difference between prayer and meditation.  Prayer is the act of putting out a request while meditation stands in receivership.  They go hand-in-hand in cultivating a spiritual life.

MANTRAS:  Mantras or chanting are more individualistic in that they are used to secure a single-pointedness of the mind.  As with affirmations, constant repetition of a mantra invokes energy to return to its source.  You become a magnetized vehicle that attracts the spiritual power of the mantra to yourself.  Mantras are used to become more aware of The Self as they awaken the higher faculties within by raising consciousness toward the vibrational level of the mantric resonance.  Mantras have the ability of releasing Cosmic Consciousness to ignite an individual with the power of the spoken word, uniting the Lower Self with the Higher Self.  Mantras are short, concise words or phrases that are very personal to each individual so none are given here.  You can ask for guidance in selecting a personal mantra that can be sung or chanted to induce a powerful alignment with a specific virtue you desire to cultivate.  Prayers and mantras lead us from our worldly pursuits and mundane concerns back to purposeful living and Pure Essence.

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All we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. -Edgar Allen Poe

Your self-image forms the backdrop of your reality.  To change the nature of your experiences, you must erase any negative pictures you have of yourself.  Visualization moves things from the "think tank" to the "I see tank" by mentally envisioning with as much clarity as possible whatever you want to create in your life.  Since the outer world emulates your self-image, it is crucial to learn how to develop new pictures about the nature of your spirithood.  Not only is your mind a window to the inner/outer worlds, it also sprouts the wings upon which your consciousness rides the Greater Universe. You can replace negative images with positive ones that will divert your concentration to focus on more expansive ways of viewing yourself.  Your consciousness will then impregnate itself with deeper fields of expression that more accurately portray your True Self.

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The part of yourself that reaches toward Light may not be the strongest part of you at the moment that you choose to journey toward authentic power, but it is the part that the Universe backs. - Gary Zukav

When you are centered, your essence regains control of your emotions and is "at choice" for your thoughts and actions.  When you're imbalanced and off-center, the personality takes charge and can run you off course.  Centering clears the debris of impacted energy within the physical body and opens the channels for your soul to infuse you with new energy and insight.  Being out-of-balance drains your energy and clouds your perspective.  Calming and centering yourself is an exercise of self-composure that can take place anywhere throughout the day and should always be the first thing you do when approaching your inner work.

Maintaining balance and focus is crucial in everything you do because it returns you to your Seat of Power where everything begins.  Centering harmonizes the energy flowing out of your chakras and unites the yin/yang aspects of your personality for an unobstructed merging of spirit-entity with Soul.  It moves you into an observational mode of the personality, enabling you to draw upon higher wisdom in order to create with clearer intent and more purposeful direction.  It only takes a few moments to relax, take some slow, deep breaths and discern how your energy is being expressed in order to reach a point of centeredness.  Returning to that still, small place deep within that exudes peaceful equanimity and inner strength will restore your body and help develop your intuitive faculties.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart
in it, take yourself out of it.  -Hardy D. Jackson

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Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.  -Louise Driscoll

Your energy is the fuel that moves concepts into reality.

          To create more of what you really want, you must first "act as if" you're already there.  You must set the stage "to be" The New You and allow the Universe to work through you.  The sole purpose of visualization is to connect you with your Beingness so you can be engaged in focusing upon the doing part, and allow the expansion of your ideals through the having part.  You can choose to think of yourself in higher ways, but it is even more productive to envision that New Self in action.  When your energy is imbalanced or only focused on one element of this triad, it affects the eventual outcome.  There is always an opposing polarity, the unmanifested form, to that which is visible in your life.  To transform an unwanted condition into a desirable one (fatigue vs. vitality, confusion vs. certainty, apathy vs. enthusiasm), focus on the opposing, unseen quality as you envision yourself enjoying these conditions.

          Your energies must be equally balanced in the Being/Doing/Having stage of that which you would desire for yourself to keep the channels open during the manifestation process.  Any conflicting thoughts or attitudes you may have (self-criticism, judgment, mistrust) will sabotage your intentions if you are not aware of their existence.  Beliefs can contradict each other and cloud the picture.  Halfhearted attempts will confuse and clutter results.  Maximum results require that these three elements be equally energized: Desire, Belief, Acceptance.  You must have a sincere desire to manifest something or your energy won't be funneled in the right direction.  You really do get what you expect, but most people are confused over what they really want.  You must hold the belief that you're capable of achieving your goals.  Without this basic belief, the energy will be redirected toward something else. You must also be willing to accept the results by seeing yourself as a worthy recipient.  Otherwise, the energy will be blocked and the cycle broken by your disbelief or mistrust.

There is nothing more rewarding than keeping a sabbath for yourself, a place and a time devoted exclusively for inspiration, growth and restoration, for this act alone sets the vibration that you are sincere and dedicated to your path.  Create a sanctuary where you can go to do this inner work so nothing else can interfere with your concentration.  Your soul  is always working toward your highest good, but for you to be able to perceive this happening in your life, you must be willing to release limited perspectives while the Old Self undergoes change, and visualize new pictures that correspond with your expanded view of self in relationship with Life.  Allow your imagination to guide you in creating meaningful methods that will support your spiritual objectives and allow the Inner Child to blossom.  The techniques are many and so are the books to assist you, but whatever works best for you is always the best tool.  Just follow your passion and your soul will find you.

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Journaling is a helpful tool in developing greater awareness about your path because it enables you to examine your thoughts and feelings as you move through your experiences. By keeping track of your daily responses to life, your emotions, perceptions, dreams or whatever you wish to document, you'll be able to celebrate your progress whenever you have one of those "ah-hah moments."  Journaling awakens the heart and mind to new possibilities.  It's a way of going on an inner exploration in order to clear away the cobwebs in the mind and to get in touch with a clearer vision of who you want to be and what you want to create for yourself.

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No better thing will you ever give the world than the gift of your Self.  -Kunda

Your divinity stood at the heart of Creation long before the physical universe began.  Becoming human was a very courageous act on your part, one that emerged from the All-encompassing Love that gives life, substance, purpose and value to all fields of expression.  Contrary to what you might think, human life is divine life.  You are here to discover the  multidimensional nature of your spirit and the interrelatedness of all life.   How you demonstrate your personal power transforms the circumstances of your life, moving you from one reality to another.  You all originated from the same Source and, though your paths may vary, you are all making your way back to the same place.  You are contained in each other and have chosen this dimension as the schoolroom in which your spirit learns how to accept everything and everyone as a portion of your Cosmic Self.  Your personality will automatically reject this notion due to the single-mindedness of the  ego. Your task as a humanity is to learn how to accept and help each other as you experience the contrasting polarities and differences that this world represents.

The highest tribute you can ever make to God
is to fully love yourself in all things.

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