Fun sayings, positive affirmations and powerful quotes:

We are always the same age inside.

-Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)

American writer

I am learning what I choose is the real me.

-Anonymous

Logic will get you from A to B.

Imagination will take you everywhere.

-Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Theoretical physicist

This is one of my favorite positive affirmations statements:

You are receiving thousands of messages from the Universe every single day. Learn to become aware of this communication from the Universe, who is speaking to you and guiding you in every moment. There are no accidents and no coincidences. Every sign you notice, every word you hear spoken, every color, every scent, every sound, every event and situation is the Universe speaking to you, and you are the only one who knows their relevance to you, and what the communication is saying.

Use your eyes to see! Use your ears to listen! Use all of your senses, because you are receiving communication through them all!

-Rhonda Byrne

Creator of "The Secret"

Here is an excerpt from Deepak Chopra M.D. book: Creating Affluence - Wealth Consciousness in the Field of All Possibilities

"I" stands for the power of unbending intent or intention. It is to make an unchangeable decision from which it is impossible to go back. It is singlemindedness of purpose. It is a well-defined purpose not countermanded by any other conflicting desires or interests.

In order to acquire wealth - or for that matter anything in the physical universe - you must intend it, make a decision to go for it. The decision is unchangeable with fixity of purpose, not countermanded by anything. The universe handles the details, organizes and orchestrates opportunities. You have simply to be alert to these opportunities.

Marianne Williamson shares her insight with an excerpt from her book: A Woman's Worth

"We're unconsciously afraid of a reaction against us if we dare to shine fully, embrace joy, and permit ourselves to have too great a life. The injunction against winning is subtle but strong, so we ourselves make sure no one will be able to accuse us of having broken the great unspoken rule: Do not experience heaven on earth. The punishment can be severe, at least emotionally, for those of us who break the rule. From friends to family to people who don't even know us, the chorus of disapproval can ring loudly against women who dare to break through the ultimate glass ceiling.

What is the antidote to such a threat, whether it comes from others or is in our own minds? It is to realize that it is God's will that each of us, every woman, man, and child, be happy, whole, and successful. It is impossible to overestimate the psychic damage done by the delusions, pseudo religious and other, that God is somehow happier or we are somehow purer if we are suffering just a bit. The truth is not that God is happier or that we are better, but that the institutions that told us so are happier, because suffering keeps us in our place, where we are easier to control.

But how can there be a joyful planet without it being inhabited by joyful people? Our embrace of joy doesn't rob others of the possibility. Quite the opposite is true - it liberates them, if they choose to be liberated. If I see before me a person who lives a truly happy life, I can follow my ego or follow my heart. My ego will try to argue that the person must be guilty of something, but my heart will recognize that his or her success is my success, if I can allow myself to applaud instead of criticize and bless instead of condemn.

When I first began my career as a lecturer, doing my best to make a positive difference in my community, I often heard people say, "Isn't she nice!" But as my work became visible to a larger public, the same work done the same way and with, if anything, even greater dedication, drew cries of "Who does she think she is?" I have never received the criticism for failure that I have for success, and it is clear to me that people in our society at least unconsciously hold the conviction that someone else's success limits their own, makes them lesser, and puts a permanent lid on their own chances. The world believes in finite resources and in everybody's guilt. As long as we adhere to these pernicious beliefs, we will not only fail to let others shine, but we will never be able to allow ourselves to shine fully either."

Have a beautiful day,

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joy,

Rena

www.talktotheturtle.com

Feng Shui and Master Sha's healing

I stopped in at Starbucks for a cup of brew the other day. With coffee in hand I found a nice seat and picked up a couple of the local publications to browse through. As I flipped through one magazine I noticed that Dr. & Master Zhi Gang Sha was in town offering three different events at The University of B. C. auditorium on soul study. The magazine that I picked up sat beside another local newspaper that had on the front page a picture of a salmon swimming in the water with a Vancouver skyline as the backdrop and the caption: "fukushima fallout". I had to think for a moment to remember the nuclear reactor breakdown in Japan caused by the devastating tsunami. I then looked back at the front page again at the artists drawing and realized, with discomfort, that the fish in the picture had three eyes not two. Those living on the west coast of the North American continent have heard differing opinions as to what the exact level of radiation has drifted over to the west coast of Canada and U.S.A. through the water and the air from the fukushima nuclear plant fallout.

I opted to read about Master Sha and remind myself of the power of the capability and healing with our own soul energy. I had the honor of meeting Master Sha many years ago in Vancouver, B.C. I met him as an acupuncture patient back in 1996. Master Sha as far as I know now resides permanently in California. I never read the book I got from him. It was only many years later when I finally did read his book that I realized that he considered Feng Shui - a harmonious home and lifestyle, an important contribution to a healthy life. Now how is that for a 'ah ha' moment....

Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha was trained as a doctor in western medicine and in traditional Chinese medicine. He received his M.D. in western medicine from Xian Medical College, Xian City, Shaanxi Province,China in 1983 and his Masters' degree in Hospital Administration from the University of the Philippines, in Manila, in 1988.

A highly skilled acupuncturist, Master Sha taught acupuncture to Western doctors in Beijing for the World Health Organization in 1985 and 1986.

As the founder of the Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment, he was named Qigong Master of the Year at the Fifth World congress on Qigong. Dr. Sha says, "Heal and transform the soul first: then healing and transformation of every aspect of life will follow. In 2006, Dr. Sha was granted the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission Award for his humanitarian efforts.

I have a few books from Dr. Sha and every time I pick one up and read the different pages, I see the incredible value of his education and wisdom. Mostly though I feel his joy of being fully realized and that he is able to fulfill his calling in life.

Here is an excerpt from his book: Soul Study; A Guide to Accessing Your Highest Powers:

Some people have very good Te, (virtue). Throughout their lives they have helped many people and contributed to the world. Their level of Te (virtue) is very high, but they can still be very sick. Why do they continue to suffer despite their great contributions to society? One of the important reasons is that they do not know how to talk with their souls and ask for soul healing.

To begin the process of communication with the soul world, you must first develop your vital energy and learn the correct techniques to open the door to your message centre. How long this process takes depends on your commitment to making it happen and on how much you practice. However, you cannot force development; let it happen naturally. The more you want this communication to happen, the longer it will take.

Developing Energy with Sitting-Style Dong Yi Gong

Sit comfortably to do Dong Yi Gong creative visualization exercises. Sit in the full-lotus or half-lotus position. This forms a closed circuit and the energy builds as it flows in and around you. A comfortable alternative is to sit cross-legged. If you are sitting in a chair, your feet should be flat on the ground, ankles and legs not crossed. Your back should not be touching the backrest.

Relax the whole body. Hold your hands tightly in the Special Zhi Neng Medicine Hand Posture. Place your hands against your lower abdomen. Touch the tip of your tongue to the upper palate to complete the energy circuit, and you are ready to begin the exercise.

Before you start you may want to read aloud the visualization descriptions. The discussions will give you a better idea of what the exercises are meant to do. Be creative and open-minded. Let your body flow with the experiences. Do not be surprised if you feel it responding as you do these exercises. If you start laughing, crying, shaking, or experiencing a hot, cold or tingly feeling, this simply means that your body energy is changing and developing. The following sitting-style exercises will help you to stimulate your potential brain cells and sensitize your body to receiving messages from the universe.

Special Zhi Neng Medicine Hand Position: Close the right hand over the left thumb and make fist. Close the fingers of the left hand over the right hand and rest the underside of both hands against the lower abdomen. This hand position is important for developing energy, for healing, and for communicating with the soul world.

Begin and enjoy.

THE RAGING SEA:

Visualize an ocean inside your lower abdomen.

The water is clear.

The sun is warm.

The view is gorgeous!

Breathe deeply. Feel the energy.

The tide laps gently, from left to right.

The breeze flows, swirling left to right.

Waves are lapping. The wind picks up. Dark clouds.

Waves chop - slapping. Whitecaps foam. Wind howwwlls!

Wha! Wha! Wooo! WhoooOSH! WHOOSHHH!!

RAIN!!! THUNDER! LIGHTNING!! WIND!!

WHIP! WHIP! SNAP!! CRACK! ZAP!!! ZAP!!!

TSUNAMI!! HURRICANE!!! TYPHOON!!!!

The whole ocean is churning, boiling, raging!!

Waves are smashing! Thunder roars!

Slowly the wind dies

the rain tapers

sky clears

quiet

calm

time

time

is

endless.

Discussion: Close your eyes and picture the sea in your lower abdomen. Do other images fly to your mind? For example, in addition to the ocean, do you see things like a ship, or dolphins at play? If the images are very clear, you are tapping into the intuitive portion of your brain, which is also used for communication with the soul world. You have gone beyond logical thinking, where the conscious mind is in control.

Relax and feel the energy of the ocean come to you. Feel the waves washing over you. Be a drop of ocean in a wave. Feel the power of the ocean and the warmth of the sun. The ocean nourishes you with its yin energy; the sun nourishes you with yang energy.

As the storm rises and the calm sea turns into a raging typhoon, yin decreases and yang increases. When the storm passes over and the ocean dies down, yang decreases and yin increases.

Visualizing the raging sea in your abdomen stimulates various organs, making their cells vibrate more vigorously. Cell vibration increases, radiating intense energy and generating stronger fields. This strengthens the organs and energy centres in your lower abdomen.

Repeat the exercise many times to reinforce the strong Yin/Yang contrast in this visualization.

My personal reaction to this particular workout is one of getting off an amusement ride at the fair, thinking it was going to be a lot more tamer than it actually turned out to be.

I always have a huge inhale and exhale everytime at the end of this creative yin/yang workout ride.

You may wonder how this exercise relates to my inspiration for this posting. This is how I see it. The planet has problems with pollution and devastating natural and man made disasters. That is a fact that I have no control over. What I do have control over is the development of my soul. It is something I can participate in. Sometimes I wonder if everyone tried on healing their inner self that healthier decisions would be the by product and we would be the recipients of a healthier planet.

Have a beautiful day,

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joy,

Rena

www.talktotheturtle.com

Success thinking with a brand and Feng Shui

Earlier this year I took advantage of the opportunity to listen to and participate in an alumni tele-conversation with the Western School of Feng Shui. Liv Kelgren was hosting the live talk and was focusing on the main question: "who is your ideal client?". It was actually very thought provoking, as her questions made you think when she asked the listening community, "Do you want to work with Interior Designers, maybe create your own specialty focus consulting, or perhaps even blending your existing business with your Feng Shui training." I left the teleconference call really filled up with enthusiasm and gratitude for all I had accumulated in knowledge over the last decade of my journey.

It never ceases to amaze me that if you take the initiative to explore one door opening, serendipity kicks in and provides new thoughts and ideas and avenues to continue on with your initial seed of curiosity.

Not long after this event I clicked onto a video on Braveheartwomentv.com and watched Ellie Drake M.D., interviewing Kim Castle who is a branding expert. It was a lively, well-informed ten minute interview which I have included for you to view.

Kim and her partner Vito Montone, run a hugely successful company called brandu.com and their main goal is to help develop one million successful entrepreneurs.

Now how is that for a mission statement! They have created a business profit system for entrepreneurs that is available at any level of entry. This means you could be just coming from your kitchen table with an idea and not knowing how to form your dream empire, or be a highly functioning company that wants to take their vision to the next level.

They accomplish this by offering a system that runs a series of business filters so that even though you are accomplishing your business goals, your intention and intuitive self runs in line with your company profile and goals. They offer several business profit products and a blog through their website brandu.com. One of their products is a digital course, that is a three-section course 1.Power-Path, 2.Brand-Power, 3.Market-power. Take your time as you cruise through their website as there is a plethora of information and may well take more than one visit to digest it all.

Enjoy the video!

As I was mentioning at the beginning of this blog that serendipity has a way of showing you new directions, once your desire kicks in. After watching the braveheartwomentv.com video I also discovered that Kim Castle and Vito Montone are offering a free three video learning program that is part of their elite membership profile, Interprise Business Incubator program. This is a twelve month process that in all relativity is a laymans MBA. They have some amazing endorsements and even though you need to fill in your email for a instant access, watching these video's are really life changing in how you view yourself in relationship to your dreams of being a entrepreneur.

Here is the link to the free 3 video presentation by Kim Castle and Vito Montone.Each video in the series is an hour long approx. and extremely success oriented.

The link is: Interprise Business Incubator.

Have a beautiful day,

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Joy,

Rena

www.talktotheturtle.com

Fun sayings, positive affirmations and powerful quotes:

The most popular labor-saving device is still money.

~Phyllis George

American sports broadcaster

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.

~Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003)

American actress

For no actual process happens twice;

only we meet the same sort of occasion again.

~Suzanne K. Langer (1895-1985)

American educator & philosopher

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

~Lauren Bacall

American actress

This is one of my favorite positive affirmations statements:

To understand the power and the magic of gratitude, you have to experience it for yourself. So why not begin by deciding to find 100 things a day to be grateful for?

If you practice gratitude every day it won't take long before gratitude is your natural state of being, and when that happens you will have unlocked one of the greatest secrets to life.

Rhonda Byrne

Creator of "The Secret"

Here is an excerpt from Deepak Chopra M.D. book,

Creating Affluence - Wealth Consciousness in the Field

of all Possibilities

"H" stands for happiness and humanity and the fact that we are here to make all humans we come into contact with happy.

Life naturally evolves in the direction of happiness. We must constantly ask ourselves if what we are doing is going to make us, and those around us,happy. Because happiness is the ultimate goal. It is the goal of all other goals.

When we seek money, or a good relationship, or a great job, what we are really seeking is happiness. The mistake we make is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else would follow.

Noah St. John Ph.D, author, shares his way through life in his book, The Secret Code of Success, Here is an excerpt:

The quality of your life depends on just two things: the quality of your communication with the world inside yourself, and the quality of your communication with the world outside yourself.

The point of Afformations does not lie in finding the answer, but in asking better questions. When you ask better questions, your mind will automatically focus on things you've probably never focused on before. Change the quality of communication with the world inside yourself. You will begin to ask yourself new, better, empowering questions, and stop asking yourself negative, disempowering questions.

This is the fastest, most effective way I've ever seen to immediately change the quality of your communication with both your inside and outside worlds.

Have a beautiful day,

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Joy,

Rena

www.talktotheurtle.com

The unique gift of you

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you,
don't go back to sleep - you must ask for
what you really want; don't go back to sleep.

~Rumi




In 2007 Oprah interviewed Eckhart Tolle who is the author of several self awakening books. The book that Oprah talked with Eckhart about was from her book club, A New Earth. Oprah mentioned that it was Meg Ryan who gave her this unique gift of a book for her to read.


I had read this book just a few months prior and I found that it had some very interesting elements. Oprah hosted a seven class program where she discussed the book in the way that Eckhart Tolle had wanted it to be heard. I just happened to be available and was able to take in the classes with Oprah and Eckhart.



The thing I found interesting about this book was Eckharts explanation about how to take the time to observe your emotions rather than being in a reactionary state to them. This was explained through different stories to inspire you. Take a moment within your day and look in on your situation and give yourself space to observe what you are going through. The book mentioned many things that many of us already know, but threaded throughout were some noteworthy ways to look at your life, on a day to day basis. Eckhart also recommended that the book was geared for people upwards of thirty years old. He commented that people in their twenties had not accumulated enough life history to be able to get as much out of the New Earth material to the same degree as an older person.



I flashed on that in my memory as I was watching the Jack Canfield and Jessica Ortner video on your soul's purpose and EFT, emotional freedom technique. Jessica Ortner is clearly a young woman in her twenties and she was interviewing Jack on how he used "tapping" or EFT to release emotional blocks from his life. She also mentioned that she was introduced to emotional freedom technique when she was seventeen years old. Jack Canfield talked about using EFT daily as a tool to remove emotional obstacles that would show up in ways that kept him from success that he was reaching for.


I have included the video for you to view below, it is lengthy at thirty two minutes but there are some nuggets to make it worth your time.


The thread that weaves between these two men is they reveal that it is actually their daily practice of self love that is the key. Whether it is through the mindfulness of Eckhart Tolle and creating inner space or Jack Canfields focus on your soul purpose and using EFT as a tool, both speak of a daily ritual as their theme. When you first listen to them speak you hear in your mind the word healing. This is true but when you listen further you see that they both talk of the healing being like a muscle that needs to be developed. It takes a commitment and practice for these modalities and approaches to the mind to work.



It has been my own experience that this is true. When I slack off from living up to my highest inner self, I start to hurt in a sort of vague unexplained way. I then take the time to ask myself some questions, like hmm... what is that emotion all about-and start to unweave the puzzle. The only way to explain it is to liken it to exercising a muscle, the more you do it, the better you feel because you are not at the steps of your own head. We all have to find our own way to work with these many tools that are being offered for the taking, but they all require your participation. The question is what collection of self awareness tools work for you.


As Noah St. John would say, "what "why" question do you have to release you to your next level?"



hope you enjoy the video.







Have a beautiful day,


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Joy,



Rena


www.talktotheturtle.com

Inspirational charms of Braveheart Women & Illuminata

Braveheart Women's community tagline is "Inspiration in Action". Ellie Drake M.D.has successfully created her global vision through her website community and now with her website t.v. show Braveheartwomentv.com. Still new, always changing and developing Ellie's TV division creates ten minute spots of inspirational charms for the mind. It is a resource that I enjoy and I have selected to share the video for you to view on "being unstuck".








As I was preparing to view this video to collect my ideas and inspire my encouraging thoughts to motivate you, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a book on my shelf tucked in beside a binder. I "unstuck" it from the bookshelf and read the jacket cover. Marianne Williamson, Illuminata - A Return to Prayer. I opened the front jacket cover and read that this book was published in 1994.

I turned the next page to read the inscription from my Irish girlfriend of three decades; "For my dear friend Rena - merry xmas 2002" lots of love ~PB.

If you are looking for a powerful, magnetic, book - if you are wondering where you are right now on your path this book with no apologies spells it out in the first 78 pages Marianne Williamson's book Illuminata and then offers up prayers for every aspect of your life. I feel it is even more timely today than it was in 1994.

Here are excerpts from the book Illuminata, by Marianne Williamson:

"Every loving thought we think is a powerful key to the kingdom. Through prayer, meditation, and the silence of a profound holiness, we refocus our dispersed and irresponsible thought forms. We thus take up the challenge to redirect world history. We must relinquish our passive observation of the world outside; we can open the door to the world we really want. In understanding ourselves, we come to understand the world. In allowing ourselves to heal, we become the healers of the world. In praying for peace, we become bringers of peace. Thus we actualize the power within us to remedy the psychic wounds of humanity.

We are now at the crossroads of two huge, divergent points of view: One is materialistic and one is mystical. One is worldly and one is holy. One is based on fear of the world and one has fallen in love.

In July 1994, a huge comet bombarded Jupiter, releasing megatons of energy more powerful than anything we've ever seen on earth. Synchronistically, this parallels the spiritual release of heretofore suppressed forces of healing and power. According to ancient astrology, Jupiter represents the higher mind, philosophy, expansion and blessing. With this bombardment in space, Jupiter's power to bless us and heal us was released and increased a millionfold.

Suddenly, in the last few years, there has been a quickening. Books that used to be the purview of only dedicated spiritual seekers now hit the bestseller lists and stay there for weeks and months. As the philosopher Schopenhauer once wrote, "Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self-evident."

We have reached a critical mass of spiritual yearning, despite worldly appearances. There is a mass curiosity and openness to spiritual ideas, unprecedented in modern Western culture."

All God needs is a crack in the door.
The door is cracked.
Illumination follows.

Things we thought were primitive beliefs turn out to be more sophisticated than we are. Angels arrive in a burst of light: They are the bearers of breakthrough, the mystical helmet. Angels are the thoughts of God. They deliver the mind to profound understanding.

Angels are powerful thought forms that help to hold the world together. They are the thoughts of synthesis, connection and repair. To call on the angels is to move our attention in a higher, more creative direction, to invoke the structures of a more enlightened worldview. As our thoughts rise, the world rises. This is the resurrection of the human mind.



Hope you enjoyed this thought provoking read...




Have a beautiful day,


Photo: PKM


Joy,



Rena


www.talktotheturtle.com

Fun sayings, positive affirmations and powerful quotes:

Life is what happens to you when you’re making other plans.

~Betty Talmadge, b.1924

American meat broker

It is easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing-that’s the Lord’s test.

~Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)

American gospel singer

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

~Muriel Spark b. 1918

Scottish writer

Light tomorrow with today!

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1851)

English poet

This is one of my favorite positive affirmations statements:

The things that come most quickly into your life are the things that you BELIEVE in the most. You can only bring to you what you BELIEVE, so you must BELIEVE to receive what you want.

~Rhonda Byrne

Creator of “The Secret”

Here is an excerpt from Deepak Chopra M.D. book, Creating Affluence~Wealth Consciousness in the Field Of all Possibilities

“G” stands for Gratitude, Generosity, God, gap, and goal. Gratitude and generosity are natural attributes of an affluent consciousness. Since the only thing to go after is the best, the principle of the highest first, why not adopt God as the role model ? After all, no one is more affluent than God, for God is the field of all possibilities.

There is a precise mechanism through which all desires can be manifested.

These four steps are as follows:

Step one: You slip into the gap between thoughts. The gap is the window, the corridor, the transformational vortex through which the personal psyche communicates with the cosmic psyche.

Step two: You have a clear intention of a clear goal in the gap.

Step three: You relinquish your attachment to the outcome, because chasing the outcome or getting attached to it entails coming out of the gap.

Step four: You let the universe handle the details.

It is important to have a clear goal in your awareness, but it is also important to relinquish your attachment to the goal. And the goal is in the gap, and the gap is the potentiality to organize and orchestrate the details required to affect any outcome.

Perhaps you recall an instant when you were trying to remember a name, and you struggled, but with no success. Finally, you let go of your attachment to the outcome, and then a little while later the name flashed across the screen of your consciousness. This is the mechanics for the fulfillment of any desire.

When you were struggling to recall the name, the mind was very active and turbulent. But ultimately, out of fatigue and frustration, you let go and the mind became quiet and slowly quieter- perhaps so quiet that it was almost still – and you slipped into the gap where you released your desire, and soon it was handed to you. This is the true meaning of “Ask and you shall receive,” or “Knock and the door shall be opened to you.”

One of the easiest and most effortless ways of slipping into the gap is through the process of meditation. And there are many forms of meditation and prayer that can help us to manifest dreams from the level of gap.

Have a beautiful day,

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Joy,

Rena

www.talktotheturtle.com