As you work on yourself keep a friendly and open attitude toward yourself. No one is perfect all the time, though the real truth is that you are spirit and spirit is perfection, thus you too are perfection. It’s time to bring that awareness to the forefront of your intentions, that you are spirit and thus you are perfection. Try that hat on today and see how it feels. Ah, perfection!
Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
A Christmas story. Like Jung, Jeanne and I had no heartfelt attachment to any spiritual tradition but, with raising children, felt the responsibility to embody the magic of life through participation in some spiritual tradition. Like many befuddled parents we brought Spirit to life in living the myth of Santa Claus with our young children.
One of our sons was so deeply living the myth of Santa that he was impervious to the inevitable growing doubts of his peers, who were experiencing the primal wounding to their innocence, that right of passage, that ushers in the ascendence of the rational mind with its logical protection of the self from future deceptions and woundings.
As I recall, after a Tae Kwon Do class, when the truth of Santa had broken through to my son, he pointblank asked his mother why she had lied to him? Without skipping a beat, Jeanne explained that, though Santa was a myth, the magic was real, and that Christmas honored the truth of that magic, through Santa, for children, until they were ready to take charge of the magic within themselves.
So what is the magic? Christianity projected a divine savior for humanity onto the God/human personhood of Jesus Christ. The New Thought philosophical tradition came to understand this story as the awakening in humanity to the fact of our own divinity, ready to be claimed by taking charge of the relationship between our conscious and subconscious minds.
The human mind is divine. The magic is that everything we believe becomes suggestions to the subconscious mind, which then has the power to manifest those beliefs into the actual ‘flesh and blood’ of our lives. What we believe always serves as the architect of our ongoing lives.
To take conscious command of those beliefs is the key to abundance, in all areas of existence. To exercise that ability for the greater good of self, and all, is to fully ground one’s divine potential in truth.
Whatever we believe, good or bad, is an exercise of our divine power and will lead to actual manifestation. However, to fully benefit, one must be in alignment with truth; versus the errors of illusion that manifest in chaos, such as is grossly evident upon the world stage of now.
Last week, my blog pondered the question, “What is the matter with me?” The answer was, and is, the spirit, or thought, that is behind the matter, or current physical manifestation, of my life. The answer to this week’s question—”What is right with me?”—is the prescription for positive manifestation.
Every time I answer the question—”What is right with me?”—I define for my subconscious mind the fullness and brightness of self that I intend to manifest, via suggestion, to my magical subconscious mind. It is equally possible to reinforce a more limited version of self, through reciting and reinforcing negative beliefs about myself, those which I might habitually repeat daily. We are indeed magical beings, capable of manifesting either our heart’s desire or our greatest fears.
The trick is to consistently convert those limited habitual thoughts of self into expansively positive and life-enhancing thoughts of unlimited possibilities. Best to exercise the magic in emphasizing what is truly right with me! In this way, the magic still lives on in Santa’s gifts to self!
Ultimately, it’s all good. We will grow from all we manifest, and eventually find our way home to the fullness and magic of self.
Enjoy the magic,
Chuck
All the days of your life have added up to today. All the events in your life, all the trials and tribulations have brought you to this point in your life, to this very day and to this very person that you are now. Does that not thrill you, knowing that everything has been a part of your journey? Every single day of your life and everything that has happened to you has shaped you into YOU! Look back in amazement! It has all been for this moment of realization that you have made the choices that have spurred you on in life, that you have followed the path that was shown to you. And whether you did so fully aware or fully unaware does not matter, for you are where you are now and nothing else matters. But, where do you go from here? Are you going to stay aware of yourself as a determining factor in your life, as the spiritual life force, the choice maker and director of your life? Or are you going to go back to the old way and let blind faith lead you onward. The choice, as we say, is always yours.
Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
When things get tough, whether in your inner world or your outer world, remember that you are a spirit inhabiting a human form that can only operate because you exist in it. Without you, without your spirit energy, your human form would be nothing but an empty set of clothes. Turn more often to this truth of yourself and you may soon find that what is going on in the world outside of you is not so important. On the other hand, you may discover that what disturbs you on the inside is something most important, for that something on the inside is something that your spirit is trying to alert you to. It’s trying to get your attention, because something is blocking its fuller expression. What is it? Only you can find out.
Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Life asks you to take outer risks, to be daring, to allow yourself to have experiences that will help you navigate into and through life, that will mature you as you journey into the world around you. Life also asks you to take inner risks, to be daring in your spiritual practices, to question how you think about and perceive the world within. Are you a spiritual adventurer? Do you like to ponder the meaning of life and your purpose in it? Are you open to finding out? Are you open to exploring some new ideas? Are you ready for change? You may think that the world outside of you is the most challenging aspect of human life, but we are here to tell you that it is the inner world that will challenge you the most, the inner world that is full of mystery and confusion, that presents itself in so many ways, through the body, mind, emotions, and the spirit. Look inward today and try to connect to a new part of yourself that you have never visited before. You might be surprised at what you find.
Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne