A house can have integrity, just like a person.
~Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
American writer
Live virtuously, my Lord, and you cannot die too soon, nor live too long.
~Rachel Russell (Lady Russell) (1636-1723)
English noblewoman & wife of William Russell
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
~Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923 - )
American psychiatrist and author
This is one of my favorite positive affirmations statements:
Whether you know it or not, today you are placing an order for your tomorrows from the catalogue of the Universe. Your predominant thoughts and feelings today are creating a frequency that is automatically determining your life tomorrow.
Feel good now and for the rest of the day, and make your tomorrows magnificent.
Rhonda Byrne
Creator of "The Secret"
Here is an excerpt from the book, How to be Rich ~ Compact Wisdom from the World's greatest Wealth-Builders.
Create Wealth, Instead of Competing for it.
Do not believe it when the world tells you to step over others to succeed. Those who practice this will find one day that everyone they know has deserted them. When they call out in anguish and loneliness, no one will hear them.
To consider one's self before all others is to warp every noble and divine impulse. Let your soul expand. Let your heart reach out to others in loving and generous warmth. If you do this, your life will have great and lasting joy. Prosperity will seek you out.
Riches secured by destructive competition are never satisfactory and permanent; they are yours today, and another's tomorrow. Remember, if you are to become rich in a scientific and certain way, you must rise entirely out of the competitive thought. You must never think for a moment that the supply is limited.
Know that there are countless millions of dollars' worth of treasure in the mountains of the earth, not yet brought to light; and know that if there were not, more would be created from Thinking Substance to supply your needs.
Know that the money you need will come, even if it is necessary for a thousand people to be led to the discovery of new resources tomorrow. Never look at the visible supply; look always at the limitless riches in Divine Substance, and know that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them. Nobody, by cornering the visible supply, can prevent you from getting what is yours. So never allow yourself to think for an instant that all the best building spots will be taken before you get ready to build your house, unless you hurry. Never worry about the conglomerates and cartels, and get anxious for fear they will soon come to own the whole earth. Never get afraid that you will lose what you want because some other person "beats you to it." That cannot possibly happen; you are not seeking anything that is possessed by anybody else; you are causing what you want to be created from Divine Substance, and the supply is without limits.
(From ~ Your Forces and How to Use Them, by Christian D. Larson, 1912)
A lovely quote by author Louise L. Hay, from her book, Heart Thoughts.
When we
are ready to make
positive changes
in our lives,
we attract
whatever
we need
to help
us......
Have a beautiful day,
photo: 'treasure' - PKM
joy,
Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com
With a good movie or any story telling for that matter typically there is an A story and a B story to follow. Sometimes when we are caught up in our day to day reactions we forget that we too are creating these stories in our own lives. As in the movies at some point the two stories come together and may stay together or branch off again in other directions. I guess the classic example is of a story of big business as the A story and the B story is a world of romance and love. As viewers, we get to see how these two opposite worlds are really interwoven with each other through the actors from the very start. We just simply do not see it at first and then piece by piece we are invited to the reveal of the true beauty of the complete story.
I see now that last fall I I had my own two stories that appeared to be totally unrelated and yet the events were rather intertwined.
I started to do a repair on a necklace project I had begun a couple of years ago. It was not so much a repair as I actually started a pearl necklace and did not finish it. I thought it was time to stop staring at that bag I had tucked away not really wanting to do it because I didn't think there was going to be anything spectacular about the necklace. Initially the necklace was for me to work on some technique. I had already starting stringing the pearls when I discovered some loose labradorite beads the same size as the black pearls and I thought that I would put them on the strand as well.
At this same time last fall I also took part in an online chakra course created by Carol Tuttle. I have not had a lot of exposure to chakras other than a healing chakra meditation CD that I listened to back in early 2000. I used that CD to help me calm my system on my lengthy road back to recovery of my health.
Acquiring this CD was one of those situations in a book store where I asked the clerk for some help and this is what was suggested to me.
I actually still use it from time to time and I highly recommend it.
I learned a lot from Carol Tuttle's chakra course - it was extremely informative.
This spring I plan on sharing my understandings of the chakras from this course in my posts. What I found most interesting was the gems that corresponded with each chakra. All the gemstones that were brought up as the main healing gems were gems that I have paired up with my Feng Shui necklaces and then most recently my purse charms.
With each class I opened I became aware that using just my pure sense of picking gems and with no guidance or clues, I managed to choose all the gems that are known to enhance the subtle energy arena of our chakra system.
I sat back in my chair and thought to myself: wow, I wonder how I managed to do that?
So back to my necklace story. I am just merrily throwing beads on the strand necklace for myself and then on a whim I add a turquoise gemstone for the focal point just for pure pleasure. . Just one gem. It looked stunning against the black pearls and labradorite beads. When I got the fifth chakra class and read that turquoise was one of the healing gems, I looked at my necklace and kind of smiled.
The following week I was relaxing and day dreaming and thinking about the chakras and my gems and then I remembered I had some jade beads. I made another strand necklace up and this time I used a citrine gem stone as the single stone. It was even more beautiful than the first one I made up. I wore it the next day and a friend commented on my necklace. She actually asked to try it on. I thought that was kind of interesting. It is such a simple statement of a strand necklace. However it was what she said that stuck in my mind. She said it "Feels really good on" and her parting words were: "Let me know when you make some more up".
Time marches forward and Christmas has now come and gone. I have not made any necklaces but I have this solid idea. I am not sure how I missed that I had all this beautiful inventory of gemstones and that I could not think of what to do with them all because I had set them aside for the Feng Shui inspired group. I still am not completely sure either what will happen with some editing decisions if I like this design. I am going to make a few necklaces up and test them on my new Etsy site shop that I launched this month.
In my newest creation, two completely different directions of action and thought were actually meant to meet each other. The opportunity was just sitting there waiting to happen. So now I am collecting some new findings and some thread and I am really excited. I realize that I am only talking about a simple necklace that feels good to wear but for me to have movement at all is really a story in itself.
I can see the necklaces finished in my mind's eye and I am moving fast to get the supplies to create them. However I have a few obstacles with the day to day obligations in my life and so I am not able to find the amount of time to work out the perfections that I am so particular about. I find that there are setbacks and I am a little frustrated that it is taking me so long to get such a short distance.
I can see where I'm supposed to get to and you would think it would be a lot faster.
I will get there.. I am enthusiastic...
I came upon this video with this turtle focused on his destination. It kind of sizes up how I am feeling about my own self getting to this necklace creation destination.
Have a beautiful day,
Photo: PKM 'destination'
Joy,
Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com
It is really amazing to see a special part of my life wrapped all up in one snapshot. Truly a picture is worth a thousand words. I chose the above picture to start the New Year of 2013 in an effort to share what is going on with my creative process. I also wanted to touch on how I am working with my own self discovery so I can continue to be happy from moment to moment no matter what is going on in my life. I do feel in these accelerated times that by sharing our stories we learn from one another. I also believe that if we can imagine it we can be it and we can do it.
This picture of me is on January 15th 2000 in San Diego in the home of Louise Hay, Founder of Hay House Publishing. That is Terah Kathryn Collins the founder of the Western School of Feng Shui on my left. I guess you can tell by that mile wide grin on my face that I am pretty much out of my body drifting around in happiness. The event was the Graduating Class party of WSFS 2000.
The graduation dinner party for my small class was a surprise event. On the last day Terah made an announcement that we were going to be having our graduation celebration dinner at Louise's house. Everyone was really happy.
Louise Hay as it turns out was a gardening buddy of Terah's in San Diego. Terah was studying Feng Shui and Louise suggested that she start documenting her consultations. The rest you can say is a successful serendipitous long standing relationship between Terah Kathryn Collins and Louise Hay.
When I found out that we were going to Louise Hay's house for our graduation party I ran back to my room to breathe deeply. I asked myself: could it be the same Louise Hay who authored the book, Heal your Body that I had personally read. I worked with her affirmations for the emotional repair and metaphysical healing of my bell's palsy. I still own it. I have bought it for gifts as well.
The night of our graduation party was pretty much a blur. I was speechless when I met Louise. All I could do was smile. She was so gracious with all of us by opening her house and showing us how Terah had Feng Shui'd her space of course. I had my classmates take pictures of me almost everywhere: standing by the gong, sitting in the garden, and in the living room. Honestly it was like that Travelocity ad with the gnome showing up in every single shot. They are my private keepsakes - very special to only me.
Louise Hay's generous spirit made my association with the Western School of Feng Shui a very special affiliation. I did manage to blurt out to Louise and Terah that I was going to do something really good with all my new learned knowledge. I meant that sincerely from my deepest part. I felt that I should be making some big mark on society for the betterment of my fellow mankind. You may be laughing when you read this, but that is how seriously I took my commitment to do good deeds and help others understand the beauty of living a life of harmony with our surroundings.
A lot of time has passed by with the research and development into my inner self.
I discovered that Feng Shui was just a part of the mix. I realized that there is no outer without an inner first. I look back over the last twelve years now and I feel that maybe I let Louise and Terah down. I thought I would have left a bigger footprint of success than I have. I only got as far as creating my charms for positive thinking and I didn't get any further than that.
So before I completely fall off the bridge of happiness into self rejection I have done two things. The first was to look myself in the mirror and say the following. "I am aware that I am judging myself and I embrace myself with loving compassion."
The second thing I did was get really quiet and go back to the basics. I looked at the non directional Feng Shui of my space. I got a can of paint, (o.k. I got my boyfriend to get a can of paint) and he painted my studio wall for me. It sits in the wealth section using non directional Feng Shui. It was all I could do. Then I waited.
I have learnt this myself over the years of working with people - sometimes the need is to get physical like painting a wall or rearranging your furniture. The other quotient is to be still and reflective and pray.
What is it that you can do to make a subtle shift in your life? Use my experience to discover your own. Find one corner of your home and change it.
I woke up a few days later with the thought that I should write about my creative process of how I am going to explore and reinvent my entrepreneurial pursuits.
That is as far as I have got.
As things of coincidence often happen I found this video of Louise and her offerings for Emotional Freedom Technique.
I have written about EFT before and have used the technique myself. However I really have never had such amazing relief as when I used Louise's slant on it. The only way I have used EFT is to identify a painful emotion or situation and to tap the emotion from a scale of 1 thru 10 to reduce the pain to a 2 or 3.
It always left me feeling relieved but kind of like I'd just stepped off the bus without any directions. Used properly EFT is very beneficial.
This is such a beautiful example of how Louise Hay takes a concept and finishes it with the positive. What a great way to start off the year. For the Chinese it is the Year of the Water Snake. A year for waiting your turn and then making correct fast decisions. Not a wishy washy year at all.
I think if you bookmark this video of Louise and then read more on EFT you will find that it is a valuable technique for self discovery and relief of emotional pain. This video is just four minutes of the longer 24 min version on You Tube. Here is the link: Louise Hay 24/min EFT.
More importantly I feel that this edited video of four minutes is like a picture which explains the overall concept of how to use EFT beautifully.
Have a beautiful day,
photo: Grad celebrate/ 2000 WSFS
Joy,
Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com
