I AM…

You don’t have to look very far to see signs of The Awakening that’s happening.  Celebs like Jim Carey and Oprah are talking about it,   And they’re not the only ones.  Some of the greatest minds on our planet today are shouting about it, our scientists and doctors are creating a new paradigm of medicine based on it and its going to change the face of Health care as we know it.  Will.I.Am, the lead singer from The Black Eyed Peas (haven’t you ever wondered what his name is all about?) he’s wide awake and look at the life he is leading.

People all over the planet have been experiencing The Awakening and are emerging from the darkness of the past age to walk into the light of transformation that 2012 looks set to bring. 

Due to the huge advances of the technological age and particularly the invention of the world wide web and social networking people from all over the planet now have the opportunity to come together like never before resulting in deeper more meaningful connections being formed and people seeing the similarities and not the differences that exist between them.  Geographical, religious and cultural boundaries have become blurred and as a result we are beginning to see ourselves as a global community.

Psychology has finally caught up with ancient wisdom and we now see that “I Am” is one of the most powerful statements we ever utter and how what we think we become.

The advances in science and Quantum Physics in the last century mean we are beginning to understand the nature of the universe and our place in it and what is emerging is a world view very different from the one we previously held as true.

As people have this realisation they begin a journey of self-enquiry looking to uncover other false-hoods within them.  And that’s where the magic starts…

Very quickly they find themselves on a journey of self-discovery where they break free from their old conditioning and re-connect with the power within them.  As they do, they let go of the limited thinking that has kept them stuck in their own suffering and darkness while simultaneously being reflected in the world as a whole. 

And that’s where Awakening really gets fun…

As we re-connect with our true nature…the essence of who we are…we begin to listen to the voice in our head that pulls us to dream bigger and think beyond all challenges and suddenly thing’s start changing.  Since discovering we have neurons in both our heart and our stomach, like in the brain, it no longer seems foolish to follow your heart and do what you love or to listen to that gut feeling that maybe something’s not quite right.  Or the butterflies that tell you, you are alive and ready to begin a new adventure.    

As you break free from the fear that has kept you trapped for so long and choose love and appreciation as your response to life everything begins to flow more easily and you feel more peace, joy, and contentment than you could possibly imagine.  There really is a silver lining to every cloud when you experience life from the perspective I AM.

Be still and know.

Rashelle xox

Loving the 1%

Felt compelled to write this.

 

It is important as people arouse from their slumber and begin to see the truth of how the world has been set up to feed the greed of the few to re-member that each of us choose a path before we came into this physical existence. For some that path was to walk in darkness to show others the way to the light.

 

The 1% (using this label for simplicity) are also magnificent, divine beings and the in-justice we perceive around us has played a fundamental role in our Awakening so we could be grateful for the growth they have given us, as we take inspired action to create the vision of the world we want to see.

Remember that those who seek to take power from those around them have lost touch with their true nature or they would never treat another sentient being in the way they do. Our anger at the injustice that has been allowed to occur is merely a motivating tool for change, let us use it as intended and grow from it maybe we could even be compassionate to those who remain trapped in their suffering. Without darkness how would we know light? It is all part of your journey of “self” re-cognition.

And if all that hasn’t convinced you that there is no point in holding any anger towards those you perceived to have hurt you then just re-member it’s all an illusion anyway.

 

Love to each and every one of you magnificent people. Thank you for your beautiful connection ♥

Circle of Love

Jalāl ad-Dīn was a Persian poet whose work has touched many hearts.  I am no expert on Rumi but there are many of his quotes that resonate deeply with me and this is one of them.  What does he mean when he tells us to come out of the circle of time and into the circle of love?  Well, as humans we live in a relative world where everything is measured in time.  Yesterday, tomorrow, next week and a personal favourite of mine with the kids, in a minute.

Many of us spend a lot of our time going over past events, usually feeling bad about them, sometimes hurt, sometimes sad, sometimes angry.  Or we spend our time in the future   How will I cope? Where will I find the money for this or that?  What if I die?  What if they leave?  Etc, etc.  And, as a result most of us spend very little time in the only place that actually exists which is now. Both past and future don’t actually exist except in the mind, the past has gone and the future has yet to come, the only time that exists is this moment.  And, it’s called the present for a reason you know, because when we come totally and completely in to the moment we receive the gift of love.   

You just have to look around you to see the impact living in the past and future is having on the world today.  1 in 4 women in the UK at this time are on medication for Depression or Anxiety, I found this statistic really startling when I stumbled upon it recently.  In fact, if I am completely honest it broke my heart.  Many of these women are young mothers, mothers of our next generation and we are teaching them to solve their emotional problems or the busy-ness of their minds with pills.  What impact will this have on future generations? 

We live in the Great British culture of the “stiff upper lip”  where crying or being emotional is still seen by many as a sign of weakness. Many people resist their emotions and don’t listen to their body as it tells them enough is enough and they continue piling more and more “need to do it”, “should do it” and “got to do it’s into their already hectic lives.  Until it all gets too much and they feel like they can’t continue!  As has long been the way they then seek the counsel of the doctor who believes that the best idea is to treat the symptom rather than the cause and offers them tablets which will sort them out.  Hmm…

What if…there was a simpler more effective way with no side effects?

There is and the easiest way to get there is by spending more time completely in the now or the Circle of Love as Rumi describes it. 

There are many techniques which will help you break free from old patterns and begin to live more and more in the now, including Mindfulness and Meditation which are two of my favourites.  Another powerful tool is visualisation which has the added benefit of filling your body with feel good and healing chemicals because your body responds to situations that are both imagined and real.  I’ve put together a little visualisation which will help you step out of the Circle of Time and into the Circle of Love. 

Circle of Love

Find a quiet space where you fill be undisturbed.

Get comfortable in whatever way is right for you.

Close your eyes

Begin focussing on your breath

Count six breaths as they go in and out

Imagine on each out breath you are blowing up a bubble

Every time you blow into the bubble you are breathing Love in to it

Focus on love and filling the bubble with love

As the bubble expands let it surround you until you feel totally immersed in LOVE.

Relax and enjoy the experience

If you wish you can blow the bubble out even further to enclose those you love and care for, they will also benefit energetically from your visualisation.

For maximum benefit I would recommend you do this visualisation technique at least once a day for seven days.  You will feel the benefits immediately, please stop by and share your experiences.

How to use Anger wisely

“In a mad dash to react away from the perils of anger, we went too far and lost a key piece of the emotional integrity and expression cycle. Anger is a legitimate emotion that signals that a person has been violated. By discouraging and shaming it, we actually disrupt natural emotional rhythms and encourage inauthentic ways of being. In addition, repressing the emotions simply keeps the anger alive. The negativity goes underground, manifesting in a myriad of destructive forms, including passive aggressiveness, self-destructive behaviour and all manner of disease. It is one thing to discourage the inappropriate expression of anger, but let us not throw the whole process out with the bath water. There is a place for healthy anger in an evolving world.”  Jeff Brown

Seen this status up-date today from Jeff Brown the author of Soul Shaping, A Journey of Self-Discovery and creator of Soul Shaping University.  I started to write this as an accompanying comment while sharing Jeff’s post on my Facebook page An Awakened Life.  Soon, I realised it was a little longer than your average post on Facebook and decided to add it as a blog instead!  Jeff Brown entered my awareness a few months ago after seeing some posts on a friend’s page and his approach of Ascending with Both Feet on the Ground instantly resonated with me.  

I agree with what Jeff is saying here and felt it might be useful to expand on it a little further.  It is important to make sure that anger from the past has been released, or we react unconsciously based on past accumulated hurtsresulting in over re-action which is usually pretty messy for everyone involved.  As long as the anger remains within you the universe will continue to deliver more for you to be angry about until you learn what you need to grow and evolve from your anger.  There are many effective techniques that can help you easily and effortlessly release a build up of past emotions including Time Line Therapy, EFT, NLP, Hypnotherapy to name a few. 

Anger is a signal which is drawing your attention to something.  It signifies a disconnection from source and as long as we stay in the anger state it’s difficult to see clearly what is really going on.  Focus on something else entirely for a while, something that will make you feel good like meditation, dancing, reading, whatever it is you love to do.  Be mindful of staying completely in the moment, not replaying the event over and over in your head, reliving and re-experiencing the pain.  When you feel better be honest with yourself, if you felt angry about something acknowledge it, decide what needs to change in order for you to let it go, whether it be something in your environment, something in your beliefs or something in your behaviour.  

You only need to look at a two-year old in the midst of a temper tantrum to see that we were born with a full range of emotions.  Nature does not make mistakes so anger must have a purpose. I believe and think I might have read something a while ago by Lynne McTaggart that Anger is an innate response to who we are, being violated or mis-treated.  This alone gives us reason to stop and pause, as many of the beliefs we have about who we are come from the conditioning we received since the moment we were born, or maybe even before that.

Jesus displayed anger on several occasions when faced with injustice.  It was anger that motivated Rosa Parks to make the decision to sit at the front of that bus, a decision that changed the world.  It was anger at injustice that led Martin Luther King to become one of the most inspiring men of the last one hundred years.  MLK participated in the enormous civil rights march on Washington in August 1963, and delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech, predicting a day when the promise of freedom and equality for all would become a reality in America. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and he led a campaign to register blacks to vote in 1965 the same year the US Congress passed the Voting Rights Act outlawing the discriminatory practices that had barred blacks from voting in the south.

Anger can be a powerful force for transformation when used wisely, unfortunately it isn’t always used wisely and is more commonly associated with being a destructive force in the world today.  As many people hold on to anger long after the perceived injustice has taken place it creates as Jeff mentions, a dis-ease state within the body which is reflected in the world around them. 

How do we use Anger wisely?

Acknowledge it - Be authentic with yourself and if it was anger you felt, accept it.   Resistance is futile and leads to more pain and suffering in the long run.  We all have a shadow side and there will be times when Anger has served you well I’m sure.  Problem is as long as we are shamed by it, feel guilty about it or are even angry at our self for it; it continues to hold power over us and we stay trapped in the pattern of re-action.   

Examine it - Look at it from every angle, there’s more going on here than you think!  This is a valuable opportunity for spiritual growth and your evolution as a human BE-ing.  What beliefs do you have that are creating the response you feel?  What behaviour did you bring to the situation?  Is the environment in alignment with who you know in your heart you are?  How would everything change if you chose to see it through LOVING eyes and not ANGRY eyes?

Learn from it - What personal growth opportunities does it offer you?  Have you been speaking your truth?  How could you create something more in alignment with who you are? Do you know who you really are?  Can you ever really be hurt when the whole universe is set up for your personal growth and expansion?  Is everything you believed to be true about the world really true or is it a reflection of your core beliefs?  Do these beliefs still serve you?

And,, finally…

Let it go - Anger wasn’t designed to be carried with us on our journeys, again a two-year old demonstrates this beautifully.  One minute they are yelling, shouting and screaming the next they are beaming from ear to ear. Anger makes for a heavy load and we all know what a heavy load being carried for too long does to the body.  Anger suppresses the immune system which leaves us open to illness and the adrenalin it releases leaves the cells of the body in a state of dis-ease. We’ve all felt it, haven’t we?   Even a short burst of anger can leave you feeling drained and emotional. So the only sensible thing to do is to let it go and Let Love Flow.

Love & Hugs,

Rashelle

Message in a Bottle

The other day while making dinner I opened a cupboard and a big bottle of brown sauce fell out.  Now, with two sets of twins my reflexes are pretty sharp but unfortunately this time I missed.  SMASH, went the bottle as its contents spread across the floor.  F**K, I heard myself say and suddenly I noticed how “stressed” I felt. 

As you can probably imagine having experienced life with 4 kids under 4 (7 and 3 now, phew!) where the best description at times would be complete mania to utter chaos I’ve developed some pretty remarkable coping skills.  Which all in all means that I very rarely experience the “stress” state.  And, let’s face it, it’s not exactly the nicest state to be in, is it?

Anyway, I digress.  So here I am, sauce everywhere, broken glass, dinner on, kids playing and here I was doing the stress thing! You’ve been there haven’t you?  And, if not with a broken sauce bottle then with something else, kids, work, health, trying to keep the whole world happy.  There’s always something to get stressed about it, isn’t there? 

Wouldn’t it be nice if it didn’t need to be that way though?

And, that’s why I’m sitting here now writing this message to you.  Because here’s the thing, as soon as I realised I was doing that thing they call stress I also let go of the resistance to what life was giving me and immediately it disappeared. Just like that, I stepped away from the pain that comes from resisting and at once felt completely at peace as I fully embraced the moment.  

Did you know much of our pain and suffering in this lifetime comes from resisting?  No way, I hear you say.  It’s be-cause of money, be-cause of the kids, be-cause of the stupid government, be-cause they’re gone, be-cause they’re here, and so on and so on, the list is endless.  And as long as you continue to believe that well you’ll be right and life will continue on as before with you feeling stressed out and taking one step forward and two steps back for the rest of your life.

Or, you could try something different and like me instead of all the “Be-Causes” start BE-ing the CAUSE of your experience. 

We all know the Universal Law of Cause and Effect or at least we were all taught it in school but when was the last time you actually thought about it?  The Universal Law of Cause & Effect states that for every EFFECT there is a definite CAUSE, likewise for every CAUSE there is a definite EFFECT.  The question is what side of the equation do you live on? 

When you live at the EFFECT side of the equation, otherwise known as EXCUSES we give our POWER to others and  very rarely take the time to look at ourselves. And life pretty much meanders along as it is right now, and if everything’s great, that’s fine.  However, if not, you can CHOOSE in any moment to MAKE THE DECISION to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for our lives and start living at the CAUSE side of the equation then you have the POWER to experience life in all it’s glory.

Here’s a link to two amazing resources on CAUSE and EFFECT for you to help get you started. 

http://blog.iqmatrix.com/mind-map/universal-law-cause-effect-mind-map

http://www.silvamethod.com/ne/publications/The-Law-of-Cause-and-Effect-in-Daily-Living.pdf

In- Joy.

Rashelle