The Power of Visualization

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You have an awesome power that most of us have never been taught to use effectively. Elite athletes use it. The super rich use it. And peak performers in all fields now use it. That power is called visualization.

The daily practice of visualizing your dreams as already complete can rapidly accelerate your achievement of those dreams, goals and ambitions.

Visualization of your goals and desires accomplishes four very important things.

1.) It activates your creative subconscious which will start generating creative ideas to achieve your goal.

2.) It programs your brain to more readily perceive and recognize the resources you will need to achieve your dreams.

3.) It activates the law of attraction, thereby drawing into your life the people, resources, and circumstances you will need to achieve your goals.

4.) It builds your internal motivation to take the necessary actions to achieve your dreams.

Visualization is really quite simple. You sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes and imagine — in as vivid detail as you can — what you would be looking at if the dream you have were already realized. Imagine being inside of yourself, looking out through your eyes at the ideal result.

Mental Rehearsal

Athletes call this visualization process “mental rehearsal,” and they have been using it since the 1960s when we learned about it from the Russians.

All you have to do is set aside a few minutes a day. The best times are when you first wake up, after meditation or prayer, and right before you go to bed. These are the times you are most relaxed.

Go through the following three steps:

STEP 1. Imagine sitting in a movie theater, the lights dim, and then the movie starts. It is a movie of you doing perfectly whatever it is that you want to do better. See as much detail as you can create, including your clothing, the expression on your face, small body movements, the environment and any other people that might be around. Add in any sounds you would be hearing — traffic, music, other people talking, cheering. And finally, recreate in your body any feelings you think you would be experiencing as you engage in this activity.

STEP 2. Get out of your chair, walk up to the screen, open a door in the screen and enter into the movie. Now experience the whole thing again from inside of yourself, looking out through your eyes. This is called an “embodied image” rather than a “distant image.” It will deepen the impact of the experience. Again, see everything in vivid detail, hear the sounds you would hear, and feel the feelings you would feel.

STEP 3. Finally, walk back out of the screen that is still showing the picture of you performing perfectly, return to your seat in the theater, reach out and grab the screen and shrink it down to the size of a cracker. Then, bring this miniature screen up to your mouth, chew it up and swallow it. Imagine that each tiny piece — just like a hologram — contains the full picture of you performing well. Imagine all these little screens traveling down into your stomach and out through the bloodstream into every cell of your body. Then imagine that every cell of your body is lit up with a movie of you performing perfectly. It’s like one of those appliance store windows where 50 televisions are all tuned to the same channel.

When you have finished this process — it should take less than five minutes — you can open your eyes and go about your business. If you make this part of your daily routine, you will be amazed at how much improvement you will see in your life.

Create Goal Pictures

Another powerful technique is to create a photograph or picture of yourself with your goal, as if it were already completed. If one of your goals is to own a new car, take your camera down to your local auto dealer and have a picture taken of yourself sitting behind the wheel of your dream car. If your goal is to visit Paris, find a picture or poster of the Eiffel Tower and cut out a picture of yourself and place it into the picture.

Create a Visual Picture and an Affirmation for Each Goal

We recommend that you find or create a picture of every aspect of your dream life. Create a picture or a visual representation for every goal you have — financial, career, recreation, new skills and abilities, things you want to purchase, and so on.

When we were writing the very first Chicken Soup for the Soul® book, we took a copy of the New York Times best seller list, scanned it into our computer, and using the same font as the newspaper, typed Chicken Soup for the Soul into the number one position in the “Paperback Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous” category. We printed several copies and hung them up around the office. Less than two years later, our book was the number one book in that category and stayed there for over a year!

Index Cards

We practice a similar discipline every day. We each have a list of about 30-40 goals we are currently working on. We write each goal on a 3x5 index card and keep those cards near our bed and take them with us when we travel. Each morning and each night we go through the stack of cards, one at a time, read the card, close our eyes, see the completion of that goal in its perfect desired state for about 15 seconds, open our eyes and repeat the process with the next card.

Use Affirmations to Support Your Visualization

An affirmation is a statement that evokes not only a picture, but the experience of already having what you want. Here’s an example of an affirmation:

I am happily vacationing 2 months out of the year in a tropical paradise, and working just four days a week owning my own business.

Repeating an affirmation several times a day keeps you focused on your goal, strengthens your motivation, and programs your subconscious by sending an order to your crew to do whatever it takes to make that goal happen.

Expect Results

Through writing down your goals, using the power of visualization and repeating your affirmations, you can achieve amazing results.

Visualization and affirmations allow you to change your beliefs, assumptions, and opinions about the most important person in your life — YOU! They allow you to harness the 18 billion brain cells in your brain and get them all working in a singular and purposeful direction.

Your subconscious will become engaged in a process that transforms you forever. The process is invisible and doesn’t take a long time. It just happens over time, as long as you put in the time to visualize and affirm, surround yourself with positive people, read uplifting books and listen to audio programs that flood your mind with positive, life-affirming messages.

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Repeat your affirmations every morning and night for a month and they will become an automatic part of your thinking... woven into the very fabric of your being.

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12 Ways to Get a Second Chance in Life

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
-Maria Robinson

We all need second chances.  This isn’t a perfect world.  We’re not perfect people.  I’m probably on my 1000th second chance right now and I’m not ashamed to admit it.  Because even though I’ve failed a lot, it means I’ve tried a lot too.


We rarely get things right the first time.  Almost every major accomplishment in a person’s life starts with the decision to try again and again – to get up after every failed attempt and give it another shot.


The only difference between an opportunity and an obstacle is attitude.  Getting a second chance in life is about giving yourself the opportunity to grow beyond your past failures.  It’s about positively adjusting your attitude toward future possibilities.  Here’s how:

1.  Let go of the past.

What’s done is done.  When life throws us nasty curveballs it typically doesn’t make any sense to us, and our natural emotional reaction might be to get extremely upset and scream obscenities at the top of our lungs.  But how does this help our dilemma?  Obviously, it doesn’t.


The smartest, and oftentimes hardest, thing we can do in these kinds of situations is to be more tempered in our reactions.  To want to scream obscenities, but to wiser and more disciplined than that.  To remember that emotional rage only makes matters worse.  And to remember that tragedies are rarely as bad as they seem, and even when they are, they give us an opportunity to grow stronger.


Every difficult moment in our lives is accompanied by an opportunity for personal growth and creativity.  But in order to attain this growth and creativity, we must first learn to let go of the past.  We must recognize that difficulties pass like everything else in life.  And once they pass, all we’re left with are our unique experiences and the lessons required two make a better attempt next time.

2.  Identify the lesson.

Everything is a life lesson.  Everyone you meet, everything you encounter, etc.  They’re all part of the learning experience we call ‘life.’


Never forget to acknowledge the lesson, especially when things don’t go your way.  If you don’t get a job you wanted or a relationship doesn’t work, it only means something better is out there waiting.  And the lesson you just learned is the first step towards it.

3.  Lose the negative attitude.

Negative thinking creates negative results.  Positive thinking creates positive results.  Period.
Every one of the other suggestions in this article is irrelevant if your mind is stuck in the gutter.  Positive thinking is at the forefront of every great success story.  The mind must believe it can do something before it is capable of actually doing it.  For some practical positive thinking guidance I recommend reading The Power of Positive Thinking.

4.  Accept accountability for your current situation.

Either you take accountability for your life or someone else will.  And when they do, you’ll become a slave to their ideas and dreams instead of a pioneer of your own.


You are the only one who can directly control the outcome of your life.  And no, it won’t always be easy.  Every person has a stack of obstacles in front of them.  You must take accountability for your situation and overcome these obstacles.  Choosing not to is giving up.

5.  Focus on the things you can change.

Some forces are out of your control.  The best thing you can do is do the best with what’s in front of you with the resources you do have access to.


Wasting your time, talent and emotional energy on things that are beyond your control is a recipe for frustration, misery and stagnation.  Invest your energy in the things you can change.

6.  Figure out what you really want.

You’ll be running on a hamster wheel forever if you never decide where you want to go.  Figure out what’s meaningful to you so you can be who you were born to be.


Some of us were born to be musicians – to communicate intricate thoughts and rousing feelings with the strings of a guitar.  Some of us were born to be poets – to touch people’s hearts with exquisite prose.  Some of us were born to be entrepreneurs – to create growth and opportunity where others saw rubbish.  And still, some of us were born to be or do whatever it is, specifically, that moves you.


Don’t quit just because you didn’t get it right on your first shot.  And don’t waste your life fulfilling someone else’s dreams and desires.  You must follow your intuition and make a decision to never give up on who you are capable of becoming.

7.  Eliminate the non-essential.

First, identify the essential – the things in your life that matter most to you.  Then eliminate the fluff. This drastically simplifies things and leaves you with a clean slate – a fresh, solid foundation to build upon without needless interferences.  This process works with any aspect of your life – work projects, relationships, general to-do lists, etc.


Remember, you can’t accomplish anything if you’re trying to accomplish everything.  Concentrate on the essential.  Get rid of the rest.  The Joy of Less is a great read on this topic.

8.  Be very specific.

When you set new goals for yourself, try to be as specific as possible.  “I want to lose twenty pounds” is a goal you can aim to achieve.  “I want to lose weight” is not.  Knowing the specific measurements of what you want to achieve is the only way you will ever get to the end result you desire.


Also, be specific with your actions too.  “I will exercise” is not actionable.  It’s far too vague.  “I will take a 30 minute jog every weekday at 6PM” is something you can actually do – something you can build a routine around – something you can measure.

9.  Concentrate on DOING instead of NOT DOING.

“Don’t think about eating that chocolate donut!”  What are you thinking about now?  Eating that chocolate donut, right?  When you concentrate on not thinking about something, you end up thinking about it.
The same philosophy holds true when it comes to breaking our bad habits.  By relentlessly trying not to do something, we end up thinking about it so much that we subconsciously provoke ourselves to cheat – to do the exact thing we are trying not to do.


Instead of concentrating on eliminating bad habits, concentrate on creating good habits (that just happen to replace the bad ones).  For instance, if you’re trying to eliminate snacking on junk food, you might create a new mental habit like this:  “At 3PM each day, about the time I’m usually ready for a snack, I will eat five whole wheat crackers.”  After a few weeks or months of concentrating on this good habit it will become part of your routine.  You’ll start doing the right thing without even thinking about it.

10.  Create a daily routine.

It’s so simple, but creating a daily routine for yourself can change your life.  The most productive routines, I’ve found, come at the start and end of the day – both your workday and your day in general.  That means, develop a routine for when you wake up, for when you first start working, for when you finish your work, and for the hour or two before you go to sleep.


Doing so will help you start each day on point, and end each day in a way that prepares you for tomorrow.  It will help you focus on the important stuff, instead of the distractions that keep popping up.  And most importantly, it will help you make steady progress – which is what second chances are all about.

11.  Maintain self-control and work on it for real.

The harder you work the luckier you will become.  Stop waiting around for things to work out.  If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.


While many of us decide at some point during the course of our lives that we want to answer our calling, only an astute few of us actually work on it.  By “working on it,” I mean truly devoting oneself to the end result.  The rest of us never act on our decision.  Or, at best, we pretend to act on it by putting forth an uninspired, half-assed effort.


If you want a real second chance, you’ve got to be willing to give it all you got.  No slacking off!  This means you have to strengthen and maintain your self-control.  The best way I’ve found to do this is to take one small bite of the elephant at a time.  Start with just one activity, and make a plan for how you will deal with troubles when they arise.  For instance, if you’re trying to lose weight, come up with a list of healthy snacks you can eat when you get the craving for snacks.  It will be hard in the beginning, but it will get easier.  And that’s the whole point.  As your strength grows, you can take on bigger challenges.


Remember, life is not easy, especially when you plan on achieving something worthwhile.  Achieving your dreams can be a lot of work, even the second time around.  Be ready for it.  Read Getting Things Done for some practical guidance in this arena.

12.  Forget about impressing people.

So many people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t know.  Or some variation thereof…


Don’t be one of these people.  It’s a waste of time.  And it’s probably one of the reasons you need a second chance in the first place.


Just keep doing what you know is right.  And if it doesn’t work, adjust your approach and try again.  You’ll get there eventually.

http://www.marcandangel.com/2011/08/08/12-ways-to-get-a-second-chance-in-life/

Emotional Guidance Scale

Abraham-Hicks has come up with a series of emotions that will help you work from feeling bad to feeling better about what ever you are experiencing. If you find where you are emotionally on the scale, and then try and find thoughts that feel just a tad bit better about it. Small baby steps toward Joy.

This is the scale:

The Emotional Guidance Scale 1. Joy/Appreciation/Empowered/Freedom/Love 2. Passion 3. Enthusiasm/Eagerness/Happiness 4. Positive Expectation/Belief 5. Optimism 6. Hopefulness 7. Contentment 8. Boredom 9. Pessimism 10. Frustration/Irritation/Impatience 11. Overwhelment 12. Disappointment 13. Doubt 14. Worry 15. Blame 16. Discouragement 17. Anger 18. Revenge 19. Hatred/Rage 20. Jealousy 21. Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness 22. Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness From the book “Ask and It is Given”, pg. 114

Positive Attitude Uplift Your Vibration
Are you allowing your emotions to uplift you? 


Everyone is on my side, in other words, the source, the resources, 
it’s all coming together for me because:


my life is supposed to go well,
and things are supposed to be good for me,
and life is supposed to be fun,
and I am supposed to feel ease,
and things are supposed to work out for me,
and things ARE working out for me,
and when I look at it, more is working out than isn’t,
and there is much more of a balance of evidence 
of things going well for me than not,
and I like be a nitpicker,
I like be spoiled so rotten that I sort of have a 
melt down when every little thing isn’t going 
right because that means that the larger part of me does 
acknowledge that things are supposed to go very well,
but I’m resilient and I can deal with this and I can 
line up with this, I can find my way,
I can tune into who I am,
I can find it,
I do it often,
I do it all the time,
not every time,
don’t need to do it every time.
I do it often.

I’m doing it most of the time.
I’m doing it frequently.
I’m doing it chronically.
I’m feeling good much of the time.
Things are going my way.
Everything is working out alright for me.
The universe is on my side.
My vibrational escrow is alive and well.
Source is focused upon it.
My inner being within me is there.

When I feel negative emotion, it just means I’m turned the other way.
I can turn back that way and if I don’t, no big deal.
I can hold myself apart.
I can be as miserable as I decide to be.
I can be as sick as I decide to be.
But at any point I decide, I can turn around.
I’m in charge of this.
Everything is alright.
There is nothing to worry about.
Everything is working alright.
The universe is on my side.

My inner being is on my side.
My vibrational escrow is alive and well.
I just need to turn in the direction of it.
It’s fun in moving toward things.
It doesn’t all have to manifest right now.
I wouldn’t want it to all manifest right now.
I like it to manifest in bits and pieces.
I like knowing that I am on the flow of it.
I like coming up with new ideas.
I like turning and going in the direction of it.
I like feeling tuned in, tapped in, turned on with source.
I like feeling the joy of source flowing through me.

I like knowing that all is well.
I like this contrasting life in which I live.
I like living this life.
I like all of it.
I like who I am.
I like what I’m doing.
I like where I am.
I like where I am going.

Abraham-Hicks 

Discover Your Art

Art is beyond a painting, a poem or a piece of pottery...it is something any of us can do and do every day. Art is your gift to the world. Each time we connect through our work, we not only create a shift in others, but a shift inside

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If you interact with others, you have the platform to create something new - something that changes everything. I call that art.-Seth Godin

Our art as described by Seth Godin is "a human ability to make a difference." Art plays a large part in making our lives infinitely rich. Art is a quite miraculous gift to the world, each time you connect to some form of art a shift happens, a connection is made with you and the artist. Art is beyond a painting, a poem or a piece of pottery...it is something any of us can do and do every day.


What if for a moment you could imagine yourself as the medium (the substance the artist uses to create his or her artwork), rather than a canvas or a piece of paper? What if you were also the creator? Your art is you and your life as well as your creations, whether it be how you care for your children or perform your work. Through your life you create experiences, environments, and you share these with others...you are an artist and you are about to discover your unique art....your gift to the world!


At first glance, the word art evokes a response either of love or fear. Britannica online defines art as "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others." I once heard a workshop participant say "when you brought out the crayons, I wanted to leave"..."I was told I was not talented....I can't do it...I really can't" and that breaks my heart. People have often felt terror at the idea of having to perform or create because of their own false beliefs about what constitutes art.


In an interview, fellow Inner Bonder and artist Rythea Lee said of art "Creativity is like a magical best friend that never leaves you." Elizabeth Gilbert talks of daemons and geniuses....as inspiration coming through you from the ether. If your art suffered, it wasn't entirely your fault...nor could your ego declare itself based upon success....both avenues allowed some freedom to create without judgment in her TED talk in 2009 (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html) as if there were magical mystical creatures responsible for our art. I believe art is a mixture of inspiration through spirit and determination, as Elizabeth Gilbert equated herself to a mule in her creative process. In this talk she encourages us to get a different view of what it means to be creative.


I say, and through the six steps of Inner Bonding you will find your inner artist... discover your spark, magic, special nature, your reason to share with the world. Transformation takes place when you take the loving actions discovered in the process. But you say..."I can't do this, it might work for other people and not for me." I would equate it to Natalie Portman's character, Mahoney, in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium when given a gift...."It's just a block of wood," she says to Mr. Magorium, as he smiles knowing that it is so much more. Finding your art is  a magical trip and if you are ready you may see your own sparkle the next time you look at yourself in the mirror.


            So let's begin...


Step One....Take Responsibility for Your Feelings
What am I feeling? Physically, and mentally as I think about the word "art" and ask "am I an artist?"

Step Two: Move into a Compassionate Intention to Learn

Can I have compassion for the parts of me that are resistant to viewing myself as an artist?


Step Three: Dialogue with the Wounded Self and Inner Child
What am I telling you about art? What in my life feels like art? What are my fears about considering myself an artist in my everyday life? Do I have a favorite way of connecting to others? What are my fears?
           
 Step Four: Dialogue with Guidance
Take the information from the last step, and ask questions...What is the truth about my fears? What is the truth about the beliefs about myself as an artist? What are my unique talents? How might I view myself as an artist? In light of these discoveries, what would be a loving action for me to take.


Step Five: Taking Loving Action
This is the critical step in every process, once you have the new information, and a plan the follow through is what brings us to peace. It is from loving actions your art is created. Each time you take a loving action you are sculpting another aspect of yourself and your life.


Step Six: Evaluate
How do you feel now that you have taken a loving action? You are an artist yet to be discovered! Through your "work" (your work being our own unique presence).... you not only create a shift in others, but a shift inside. Our art as described by Seth Godin is "human ability to make a difference." So use the six steps to create your unique brand of art, use your creativity to make a difference in your life and the lives of others.

Author:  Suzi Korsak  ---> Suzi Korsak

Do You See The Obstacle Or The Goal?

Where does your mind generally go - to the obstacles or to the goal? You CAN change your mindset if it is stopping you from having what you want.

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford

What happens for you when you get a great idea about something you want to do—a new business, a creative project, a vacation and so on? If it really is a great idea for you, you likely feel a sense of excitement about it. I’ve learned that my feelings of excitement let me know that this idea is a good one for me—that it is on the right track regarding what is in my highest good.


What often happens next?


One of two experiences might occur:

• Thoughts and images pop into your mind of all the obstacles—of how hard it will be to accomplish what you want to do.
•  Thoughts and images pop into your mind of how to achieve what you want—regardless of any challenges that might come up.  Which one most often happens for you?

Focus on Obstacles


Does the part of you — your wounded self, who is afraid of mistakes and failure - take over? What does this sound like?

• I don’t have what it takes to make this happen.
• I don’t want to make a fool of myself.
• I don’t have the money to make this happen.
• It’s too much work. I feel tired already.
• It’s too hard.
• I will never find the time for this.
• It will never work—it’s a bad idea.
• What if I fail—then what?
• Who am I to think I could do this?
• Other_____________________________.

How do you feel when you tell yourself these things? What happens to the excitement? Do you end up feeling down and discouraged? I’ve learned that feeling down and discouraged is my inner guidance letting me know that my thinking is off course. I’ve learned not to pay attention to negative thoughts—to say to my fearful wounded self, “I’m not listening to you. You don’t know what you are talking about.”


Focus on the Goal


As I said, when I’m excited about an idea, I know that this is my inner guidance letting me know it is a good direction for me. I trust my excitement, and I also trust that my inner guidance lets me know I’ve gotten away from what is in my highest good, when I focus on obstacles and feel down or discouraged.


Focusing on the goal, and the excitement about the goal, is what opens me to the ideas of how to get there. In my experience, it is this excitement and openness that help me find the way to do it. Some call this “The Law of Attraction”—that like energy attracts like energy. I have found it to be invariably true that focusing on my excitement about an idea brings me what I need to carry my idea into fruition.
My inner thought process, instead of focusing on possible obstacles, goes something like this:
“I REALLY want to do this! What do I need to do to make this happen? How can I learn what I need to learn to achieve my goal? Who can be of help to me?”


Once I see a direction, then I often pray for the people and situations to come into my life to support me in my goal. I have complete trust that this will happen—and it always has. However, it’s rarely instant. I have to stay focused on the goal rather than on the obstacles, and maintain my level of excitement about the idea, no matter how long it takes.


Henry Ford faced many obstacles before he invented the Ford. He went bankrupt before he was finally successful. We all know what would have happened if he had allowed the obstacles to stop him.


Author: Margaret Paul Ph D -  Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Heart Chakra Activation

The Heart Chakra activation is by far the greatest of all the Earth initiations. This is the spiritual transition from the 3-4D world into the 5th Dimension. It is the beginning step into ascended mastery, which, when taken and anchored, makes the individual a beginner ascended master. It marks the transition from the exterior world of ego ~ fear ~ (head) into the interior world of love ~ trust ~ (heart), which is a never-ending and eternal journey into who you truly are.

I have channeled other messages from my Higher Self (which in truth I now embody). But to explain the journey of my transition and transfiguration I must return to a personal experience I had. I am in “both worlds” as I tell this experience, as it does require me to return to a time when I was in my state of change.


As I look back to what happened to me I now realize that from each stage of my development I see things from my past in different ways, understanding more of the experience as I grow. This allows me to describe what it was in many different ways, and in ways I did not see even a year ago. Also, there are many persons activating their heart chakras now, and each has a different story. I am quite sure the old statement is true, that there are as many different ways to activate – climbing that stairway to heaven – as there are pilgrims that are, have ever been or will ever be on the path. But for certain, everyone on the way back home will go through their individual process.


Activating one’s heart chakra is the beginning of a sensation of perpetual bliss. It is the activation of that little flame of spirit in one’s heart, which we each have, into a small nuclear power plant, radiating light, or energy to the world, universe and everything else in existence. You become an energy bearer when you have reached this stage of ascension. You affect not only your life but the vibration of all existence. You step into the role of a conscious creator, never to return to the 3D. You realize the game and your connection to Source as being within yourself. From that point, you find all existence is within one’s self. The exterior world may be a trigger but the answers you discover lie within.


The way I activated my heart chakra was through being in love. I had a wonderful relationship that broke down the wall of emotions I had built up around my heart. I was triggered into activation by the love I shared with who I was told was my twin flame. We went our separate ways after our contract was fulfilled. During our time together we had different experiences to feed our mutual soul.


Twin Flames are not necessarily supposed to remain together unless they choose the same path. What many people don’t realize about falling in love is what is actually happening. I will do my best to explain.


Falling in love is actually an external trigger experienced with another which allows one’s heart to experience a love for self. That exterior trigger if not turned within causes one to fall out of love (the heart), back into the 3-4D of ego and head. Love is lost as it moves from the heart space into the head. Although the shift from heart to head is “up” it is, in reality, a falling in vibration.


The fall of Atlantis and the human species was a fall in vibration. Ascension is a lifting up of vibration. The key to activation of one’s heart – using “being in love” as a trigger – is to realize that the interaction with another person is that of allowing an individual to love him/herself. Does that make sense? One is using another to open the self up.


If two persons continue on the same path then they may use each other to further their personal activations. But if they split apart and go their separate ways, if the vibration is remembered, and that is what love is – a vibration – then it can be used to further activate the heart chakra.


In reality anything can be used to trigger this vibration. A memory can work. Love for your children, God, Nature, a pet, or even yourself. But as love for self is the ultimate goal there are different types of love for self. If it is ego or vanity based in the head then that will not work.


I guess I should explain here that there are two ways to love, one from the head (lust, need and necessity) and the other the true way – from the heart. Most persons having an Earth experience love from the head. They desire love to replace other things that are missing in their life.


To love from the heart, even when there is no external trigger, simply focus on your heart and you will experience that higher vibration of love, that feeling of pure bliss. When you focus that vibration in your heart for a period of time the heart chakra activates. A sensation of pure ecstasy begins that signals the activation of the heart chakra.


I have told others it felt as if I had birthed a little sun where my heart used to be. I have stated it is like a small nuclear power plant. Others laughed as I described it as a perpetual cosmic orgasm, which, as I look back is a pretty good description. But that is only the beginning as sooner or later, all other chakras will activate, and that cosmic orgasm grows to ever higher intensities of sensation. Activation of the heart chakra is only the beginning.


Now there is a process you follow as you learn to move your focus from your head to your heart. Those who meditate may know that sacred place in the heart called the heart of hearts. Behind the heart is a doorway to the universe you see on the outside. You go in to get out, if that makes sense. What I wish to express here is that even without being in love with another you can trigger the activation a different way.
In meditation you can find that sacred place in the heart by shifting your consciousness to your heart. When your consciousness hits that “sacred heart” you will feel your heart  flutter. It may skip a beat. You may feel an instant rise in your physical frequency or a sensation of ecstasy. It may even frighten a beginner as this is such an unusual sensation when it occurs. The key is finding that place and learning how to remain centered and focused there. The same feeling occurs when you use your love for another to flip that switch.


There is a switch in that sacred spot of the heart. What you have to do is to turn that switch on. Feeling love, remaining focused on that spot, is the priming of the pump. You are putting fuel into the carburetor to fire up the engine for the first time. Really it is not your first time. When you do this you have memories of home, of what it is to truly be in the higher dimensions from whence you came. There is a sensation of feeling drugged when you truly connect with source. In years past it was said by many that this sensation could not be permanent, but get over that. It can be and that is what we are here to do if you desire mastery! It is only the beginning and whatever speed you choose to elevate your consciousness from that point is up to you. How quickly or slowly you progress relates to the amount of time you put into your heart-centered focus and intent.


=As I look back on this life I see many persons looking for a way out – doing drugs, drinking, smoking or using others to make themselves feel good. They were actually looking for this sensation found inside when you finally activate your chakras. Drugs and peoples searching for answers there, brings the same sensations you can have permanently as you do your work. IT IS HOME! We all had the memories of home, the connection though activation, but were looking for it from an external source, from the illusion rather than the truth. The truth is only found within. All exterior is the illusion created from within. People, you create your own reality by your thought and emotion. Ascended Mastery is the mastery of the vibrations which create the illusion from within your own self. Do you get that? You ARE the creator of your illusion! Ascended Mastery is the activation of your energy body to give more power to the creation of your illusion! Simple and Easy!


Turning inside is key. When you finally realize your exterior illusion is a direct result of your interior reality, and then the only way to proceed is to go ever inside, deeper into that which is what you truly are, an eternal being of consciousness, of vibration and follow that cord back upward, ascending homeward to source. From that source point is where you are connected to All That IS, every atom and its components in all of existence. All of existence will work with you in harmony as you master the vibrations and ask it to join you. That IS manifestation. Mastery of the vibrations around you and the creation of exactly that you wish to manifest is what we do. Being awake and knowing how it works, consciously co creating is the path of the ascended master. Whether you realize it or not now, we ALL are going down this path. Everything in existence is vibration, Holy Spirit, and all is working its own way back to source having experiences and feeding the Akash or Mind of God.


Okay, so back to Heart Chakra Activation, first you must focus on the love, or that sacred spot in the heart until you feel the sensation of bliss occur. Then an initiate must learn to maintain that focus for a period of time, dedicating himself TO HIMSELF. Remember you are God in training! I AM THAT I AM! Get it? When you realize that inside is the only reality, and that is what creates the external world, then why focus anymore on the external as the internal is the creation.


Meditation becomes 24/7 as you turn inside. Meditation is devoting time to source, which is only found inside! When you focus on this inside for periods of time, consciousness expands and the encodings unlock. Key is devotion to doing this. Why do anything else? All else is the illusion! See?




The heart chakra will activate sooner or later. In years past because of the lower frequency of Mother Earth and humanity it took longer periods of time to accomplish this activation. The ones you think of as Ascended Masters, in the higher dimensions (and many of them are here and incarnate now showing humanity how to go through the process), they may have spent a whole lifetime in those lower dense vibrations to activate their chakras. When they did, they could no longer remain in the 3rd dimensional world as their vibrations were too high. The stories of them lifting off planet, physical ascension, are common in all holy books.


Now as Earth is vibrating faster those doing this can remain. Actually at the 6th initiation, which is activation of all original 7 chakras inside the physical body, you do have a choice to leave planet. All of us doing this process at this time are asked to please remain as we are the conduits for channeling these energies into Mother Earth and we are the cause for the raising or the vibrations ascending humanity. This is how we are of service.So, when that sacred switch is found and turned on within the sacred heart spot and the chakra activates one must make it permanent. All chakra activations and higher downloads once initiation is taken and it is initiated into the physical body, that activation must be “anchored” to make it permanent. All this is to remain focused on that higher vibration or energy swirling around in whatever chakra is being activated for an even longer period of time. Sooner or later it will become permanent.


For those of us who were doing this in the most dense of vibrations before Earth was aligned with Galactic Center as she now is, this took long periods of time. In lifetimes past, this would take a whole lifetime to activate one chakra. Since the Harmonic Convergence and Earth and humanities entry into the 4th dimension with the Harmonic Convergence of 1987, attuning the planets vibrations, and then the later Opening of the 11:11 Doorway which made the planets and humanities frequencies increase, the time it takes to activate ones chakras, and go through the ascended mastery initiations has been made far less. What took a lifetime before 1992, after took a few years.It took me years to activate my heart chakra, having to relearn, or remember the dismembered process encoded into my being.


I spent from the late 1980s, sidelined by events that shifted me from heart centered prior back to head focused. It was a back and forth volley for me for about 15 years or so. I did not remember what it was and how to do what I explain to you here. I pass on my understandings so you get it more easily and in so doing, we change humanity ascending all who will awaken and see the truth. Together we are not only ascending Mother Earth, or humanity, but we are ascending the Entire Universe. Boy, I wish you could see the BIG PICTURE of the Divine Plan from my point of view.


WE are doing this!What took me years to accomplish I am watching others newly awakening do in months. I am seeing those who were totally asleep in 2009 waking to what is going on around them, shift their focus inward, activating themselves and going through this process in a year, or less. But there is far more to go through in this ascension. There is on a universal level more than 350 initiations of activations we go through in our training to become a Creator God finding our way back to Source ourselves. Heart chakra activation is only #5, entry into the 5th dimension, and the end of the karmic cycle of life and death. It begins the transfiguration process as the light, energy, prana, life force transforms the physical body. But the transfiguration takes time.




This LIGHT or energy is VERY potent! That is what all that is, is composed of. You are becoming a generator of your own light. At first, when you go through the process, you will be sent light to aid you from the Universe, Ascended Masters, Archangels, your Guides, Your Higher Self, Soul Monad or so on. As you go through this process, it is like walking and you are not held so much by these adults. They remove their aid to you, letting you walk on your own. It is all a process.


So somewhere between the 6th initiation of activation of the 7 original chakras, and the 7th initiation which is the 7 higher chakra downloads of those 7 original chakras, the activation of the Ascension Chakra, and the turning of the chakras which are 90 degrees to your Antakarana or Life Cord to a vertical position forming the Ascension column, about that time, you are on your own in creating your own light. You are learning to walk.


The Heart Chakra Activation is only the very beginning initiation into Ascended Mastery. You are a Baby Ascended Master when you activate your heart chakra. You are just being born into the Divine. Just like all other adults, we LOVE seeing new babies coming into the universe helping to expand creation! We send you love and gratitude for your decision to awake your divine consciousness and for your focus and shift to a higher way of being.


WE are so very grateful for your Ascension from the illusion into true reality.


As people do this in numbers we shift or ascend our universe.2012 is upon us now. The first mass wave of those taking the 5th initiation on Earth was in late 2009. So much has occurred in the vibrational shift of Earth and humanity since then. That first wave, which took about 8000 persons on the planet activating sent out ripples into all of humanity and began the process of Earth/Humanities Ascension in earnest. Really this has been going on for thousands of years building to this point, but it is that activation of so many persons incarnate into these lower frequencies, by their activation and raising themselves into the higher frequencies that has begun the ascension of Mother Earth and mass ascension of Humanity. The more people join in, the greater the wave.


The second wave occurred in spring to summer of 2010 in the middle of the Gulf Oil Spill, BPs Bottomless Pit, of Revelations 9 or the Hopi 7th sign of their prophecy. As that event happened it activated hundreds of thousands of persons globally. By summer of 2011 the ripples of those activated now had caused tens of millions of persons to activate. AS we enter the time of 2012 and the End of the Great Awakening has completed, and the 11:11 Doorway has closed, there is one final mass group of humanity choosing the light, spirit, ascension that will go through this process. It takes time, although much quicker than has ever been before in the history of Earth.


Transfiguration of the physical being cannot be done in an instant. What is occurring within is like being put inside a pot of water that is comfortably warm as you get in, but it is increasing to the point of boiling as vibration and spirit increases. IF you do this from a position of comfort, in slower vibration as you enter the water, it is comfortable. Mother Earth is raising her vibration as more of us light up. Soon it will be uncomfortable for all those who are not joining.


Many of us said years ago, that 2012 will be the culling of those choosing ascension and those choosing to remain in karmic 3-4D worlds. There is a separation, and those remaining as Earth ascends will not be able to go with her. They will continue on their choice of the cycles of life death and karma until another cycle of ascension comes for them. But it will not be here. 2012 is the time of the culling.When one understands that life is nothing but a learning experience of mastery for the soul, and one is the soul and that the soul is eternal, then that individual can release attachment to those around them. They realize the soul they know as their parent, child, brother, sister or friends, is only in this incarnational illusion. WE have all been these things to each other.


We have all been male or female in our experiences on Earth to gain the mastery we now realize. If a soul is not complete with that experience of their own mastery, it is not a bad thing for these other souls you love as your parents, spouses, children (who are now all of higher vibration) or friends to choose to remain in the lower vibrations for that souls further 3-4th dimensional experiences. WE all come in and out of this cycle for these experiences. When the soul has completed the experience, at the next cycles of ascension, as we are now in, awareness’s will be made to the incarnate soul that another graduation period begins. They have choice to remain in the illusion or raise their consciousness for ascension.


Right now is such a time of choice. This is the final group to go through this process, and is the greatest mass of humanity to ever go through this process as one time. Before 2009, in all of Earth’s cycle of the previous worlds, it is said that with the other “mass ascensions” there have been only 8000 that have mastered and completed the process. There are literally tens of millions now. This is what is ascending the universe, as we each are ambassadors representing the ET civilizations also ascending though our experiences.


 EVERYONE here on Earth at this time is the representative of their Star Families. I hope you realize the importance of the choice we each have to make of our own personal ascension, because of that. But, the civilization you represent does not have to remain in the lower vibrations if you chose to do so yourself. All is a personal choice for each individual. You are ALL Creator Gods of your life!


With Unconditional Love for All That IS


By Bill Ballard

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Bill Ballard’s Expression of personal experience (ego) jointly with messages from Higher Self Bill Ballard
1/6/2012  Bill Ballard ~Heart Chakra Activation  (Jan 6 2012)

You Believe What you See

One of three central themes for the year is alignment, as I wrote in the 2012 predictions. While we are always in alignment with something, as this is the mirror of our reality, we will start questioning whether what we are in alignment with reflects the best use of our energetic resources. Alignment flows from our beliefs and what we see around us and there is a continuous in and out flow of energy that accepts or rejects, confirms or denies our reality and what we are aligned with.

Our reality simply mirrors our thoughts and yet we give it so much more power. We believe that since it is in our reality it must be true and the thought that it could be an illusion that we change at will, like putting our hand in a still pool and creating a multitude of ripples, seems inconceivable. Yet it is not what we see that is the true, it is our beliefs about it that give it a permanent place in our illusion. We believe what we see and yet, it is what we believe that creates what we see.

Poverty consciousness, for example, is reflected in our financial situation. The reality is we may not have any money but it's a reality that is a reflection of our internal messages about abundance, deserving, worthiness and self love. So the poverty we experience in any moment is what we see but that is only because we believe that this is what we should see. Then it's time for us to change the illusion, by aligning with new beliefs and thoughts that are focused on prosperity and this creates a new kind of alignment. Until we do that, we are aligned with our poverty consciousness and that is what we will create for ourselves.

That's why intention is our key to mastering the powerful energies of 2012 which demand our full commitment to our life path and co-creation. While we ask for power and want to be powerful, we hesitate when we realize the full implications of what that means. It demands responsibility, integrity and of course, alignment with our great-ness. Are we willing to experience life from the fullness of our highest energies, abilities and power? We say we are and then we consider the possible results and start backing away. When we're immersed in this level of energy we have to be committed to our path and fully aware of the power of the illusion but our even greater power to change it in any moment.

New Year, New You?    

Someone sent me an email with information about creating a new me for the new year. I thought about it for a while and then decided I didn't want a new 'me', I'm perfectly happy with the one I am right now, especially if having a 'new me' means going through all of the learning, healing, growth and transformation I have done in the last fifteen years. What I would prefer is to have a whole me, one that is perfectly aligned and complete, with my healing and clearing work finished so I can make new choices for my life.  

How much pressure do we put on ourselves to change or transform because it's the beginning of a new year? What if we aren't ready to change on January 1 and that doesn't happen until March 31? Do we feel bad for three months because we have to put our 'new me' on hold? I know that we have new realizations every day and this transforms our life in the only way it can be changed, one step at a time. Putting pressure on ourselves to change just because the date is January 1 is an invitation to self judgment and criticism.

I recently gave away some things that I had been hanging on to for years. Now I haven't used them in a long time but I thought I would, so they stayed in a closet until I decided that they would be useful to me again. Then one day last week I was getting something out of that closet and I saw these items and wondered 'why did I keep this?' The connection was gone and I was ready to let them go. And that is how effortlessly release can happen as long as we don't put pressure on ourselves to change too quickly.

We always change in spirit before we change in the physical so as we become more aware of what is happening with us on a spiritual level, we may also become aware of what may feel like material stagnation. This is a time to be gentle with ourselves and to remember that we carry energetic imprints that have been with us for eons. The gradual process of healing prepares us to be ready to replace what we release, so that we are always filling our cup and emptying it at the same time. And this is a much gentler, whole and aligned approach to creating a new me, one that we can sustain and that will support us on the next steps of our life journey.

Uriel's Message -- You and God are One

There is no separation between you and Source or God or the Universe or the name that is given to the energy that supports, nourishes, connects and sustains everyone and everything in the Universe. The judgments that serve to separate humanity from its divinity are only thoughts that cannot erase the truth that is encoded in the light you carry. What you call separation is also known as the dark or as fear and it is the only thing that separates you from the oneness you have with Source.

But this separation exists within humanity because it is impossible for Source to be separate from what its own light and you are an emanation of that light. When you remember that 'You and God are One' layers of fear that you know as unworthiness and separation are released. Your soul is unburdened and can breathe in light, free from the density of the energy of third dimensional learning. For a moment you can re-member, or rejoin, yourself to God.

There is an inevitable end to the journey of reconnection and it will happen for all of humanity, each person in their own time. The cycle of karma and healing will continue for each soul until it remembers that it is one with Source, can recall its light, embrace love and learn forgiveness. While there is an ascension path within the earth's cycle, all of humanity will be able to experience reconnection and ascension but it is not a single event. Rather, it is a journey that each soul is on and has been on since the beginning of its third dimensional experience.

See yourself as one with God, know that you are the light of God and that the Source of your light is within you and always with you. There is no separation other than that which you believe you have created and that is not the spiritual truth which is the only truth. Know that "I and God are One", make this your daily affirmation and breathe in the light that is the light, love and truth of who you are.

The Mother Contract 

A woman's role in society has been, traditionally, to have children, be good mothers and to raise their children, from birth to adulthood. Then something happened, women didn't want to have children, or they had unwanted pregnancies and either aborted or gave the child up for adoption. Then, recently, women began to lose custody of their children in divorces. Were they bad mothers because they chose to be childless, had an abortion or gave their child up for adoption? Were they bad mothers (or women) because they weren't raising their children?

The mother contract is a complex soul agreement that involves soul group dynamics, soul promises, commitments and often heavy karma. There is a big difference between agreeing to bring a child into the world (which involves sharing energy, karma and DNA) and helping that child become an adult. Every child that is conceived is not destined to be born to or raised by the woman who carries her. That is a social standard that does not take into account the spiritual aspects of our life journey.

There is no standard mother contract, each one depends on the soul agreement between the mother and child. Even in the case of adoption or abortion, there is an agreement for that to happen in fulfillment of the contract. More fathers are gaining custody of and caring for children, which is another part of the mother contract between the parents and the child. The child needs the father's energy, even if he is not the best father (and that is another topic).

The emphasis on the traditional, standard loving household doesn't respect our soul's desire for healing which is why we enter the third dimension. And social standards judge mothers harshly for not adhering to the traditional mother role. The changing human paradigm is allowing eons of karma to be healed so that we can live through our highest aspects, karma free. The new generations of children are choosing the parents who will help them complete karmic cycles within soul groups and this is why events happen that, from a spiritual perspective, are completing karma but from a material perspective, are judged as bad or wrong.

Author:

Jennifer Hoffman
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Clear Conscience

Often when a situation that we had a hand in does not turn out for the best, we find the result difficult to accept. We feel that [if only] we could have done something differently, the outcome would have been better. We hold on to guilty feelings and beat ourselves up for doing something [wrong]. We find it extremely hard to accept that we were doing the very best we could with the information we had.

Doing the right thing cannot be judged solely by the outcome or by the opinions of others. Making good decisions -- doing the right thing -- is a constant part of life. Should you take that other job? Do you tell your friend that her husband is having an affair? Should you have an abortion? Do you pull your father off the resuscitator? Do you call the cops about your relative for whom there's an arrest warrant out?

Making the right choice can be difficult enough, and you alone are accountable for the choices you make. But the more time you take to listen to your inner guidance, the more you will be aware of [your] truth -- who you are and what you stand for. The more you realize that you have the insights right inside you, the easier it will be to have a clear conscience. 

Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us about Life  By James Van Praagh - Posted by Paul Christoffersen Spiritual Free Thought Study Group