SPRING CLEANING

The best "spring cleaning" we can do is to toss out worn out beliefs that no longer serve us along with a few other things.

We can toss out prejudices but keep preferences.

We can let go of the past and stop living in the future that hasn't yet come and show up in the "now".

We can learn to recognize when it is ego whispering in our ears and learn to say "NO!".

We can try to understand that people's behaviors are motivated by various things of which we are not privy so we can give them the benefit of a doubt. And if they don't have a clue and are in the dark send them some "light".

We can drop our need to be right and understand that there are so many possibilities there cannot be only one.

We can choose to be silent, open, and loving and allow others to be as they are at the moment and let our responses always come from a heart, a soul that has had at least a mini cleaning by remaining in the now.

We can choose peace rather than war.

We can choose to love when it would feel so “right” to blast someone.

We can choose to desire only the highest good for ourselves and others. We can learn that the highest good will our trump our prayers and wishes for less.

We can stop beating on ourselves, ever looking at the flaws and instead focus upon our potential.

We can be thankful every day and have an attitude of gratitude for all that we have rather than focusing on what we perceive to be lack.

Imagine what that kind of spring cleaning can do for your soul. :)

LIFE IS A SMORGASBORD

We get to pick and chose what things we want to put on our plate.

We hear some really bad news our hearts become heavy. But do we have to put that on our plate? We can note that choice, bow our heads, feel deeply and sincerely empathy for whomever this news is hitting the hardest, desire healing for all, and then put it in God's hands but not on our plate.

Politics, bureaucracy, frustrating incidences, and the like are all on the smorgasbord but how much if any we actually put on our plates is up to us. If you take too much, you can always trash it once you have had your fill. If you passed by it and took none on your plate you can still be aware of these things and most likely you will give less emotional attention to it while doing whatever you can to deal with their presence in the smorgasbord of life.

Bon Appetite.

I FORGOT TO LOVE ME

So often we hear of how people are full of it or egotistical. From most religious people and from various religions we are told to put God first and to put others first. The third leg of this should be to love one’s self AS GOD LOVES YOU - not by worldly standards such as physical appearance, intelligence, wealth, and talents. We can be thankful for what we may have but that is not who or what we really are.

I discovered yesterday that while most often I have been successful at allowing God’s love to flow through me to others, I forgot to “water” myself. I forgot to see myself as God sees me. That is the key ‘AS GOD SEES ME” - not as the world sees and not as the ego may or may not see. The ego is cunning. It can make you have a false sense of worth that is based on worldly perceptions or it can make you see that you are not good and not worthy of anything or anyone. It plays to that part of you that works.

We cannot successfully give what we are not nurturing within ourselves. And what is within us is what some of the Christian persuasion call the Christ within or Christ consciousness. It doesn’t matter what you call It but do call upon It to show you yourself as you truly are – as God sees you.

At Easter time what better time, what more appropriate time to renew within yourself what I call the risen Christ within. But call it what you will, just call.

EASTER NOW

The weekend is going to be much of the same with temperatures dipping to record lows below freezing and not much above that for highs. Crazy weather. It doesn't "feel" like Easter somehow weather wise since we may see some flurries this morning.

Colored eggs, chocolate candy, Easter frocks, church services, family dinners, and many variations on these will be enjoyed or not this Easter regardless of the weather.

The main point of Easter for me is the discovery of God in human form. Once discovered life goes on with the practice of remembering the Presence every time I remember that I forgot once again. Years of seeing otherwise, conditions us to fall into default in our everyday life and it takes dedication and determination to practice remembering the Presence - God in human form. The more ego is present, the harder it is to remember to stay awake and aware. This is the journey and this is the destination. This is our life’s purpose. Easter is now and always. We just need to wake up and become aware.