“We want to remind you of the most important part of Deliberate Creation: Creating is not about making things happen through action. In fact, creating is not about making things happen at all. Creating is about allowing the thing that you desire to happen, and the allowing happens through Energy alignment,not through action.” – Abraham-Hicks
I don’t know where this came from – it says Author Unknown – but I love it:
I got up early one morning
and rushed right into the day.
I had so much to accomplish
that I didn’t have time to pray,
Problems just tumbled about me
and heavier came each task
Why doesn’t God help me?
He answered, “You didn’t ask.”
I tried to come into God’s presence
I used all my keys at the lock
God gently and lovingly chided,
“My Child, you didn’t knock.”
I woke up early this morning
and paused before entering the day
I had so much to accomplish
That I had to take time to pray.
This article was just sent to me:
http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v405/__show_article/_a000405-000018.htm
I thought you might enjoy it.
Great practical advice on getting out of the 3rd dimension and raising your vibration.
Emerson is the Master.
I’ve been reading his book of essays. My God! That mind! He’s brilliant.
Compensation is the original “The Secret.” The essay is about cause and effect. Seed and fruit. Crime and Punishment. Good deed and reward. About how every part is contained in the whole. About how the whole world is contained in a grain of corn. Emerson came long before Napoleon Hill. He came before Emmet Fox. He came before A Course in Miracles. He came before Einstein. My guess is that Einstein’s quote “God does not play dice” comes from Emerson’s quote “The dice of God are always loaded.”
Here are a few of my favorite passages/sentences from Compensation:
“Put God in your debt.”
“These appearances indicate the fact that the universe is represented in every one of its particles”
“The world looks like a multiplication table, or a mathematical equation, which turn it how you will, balances itself.”
“The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or a style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character. it permits or constrains the formation of new acquaintances, and the reception of new influences that prove of the first importance to the next years, and the man or woman who would have remained a sunny garden flower, with no room for its roots and too much sunshine for its head, by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener, is made the banyan of the forest, yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men.
“There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guarantee of the fulfillment of every contract, so that honest service cannot come to loss. If you serve an ungrateful master, serve him the more. Put God into your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.”
To read the full essay, click here:
I got a great comment today about my book:
wow there it is on page 36, Gorgeous for God… I am stunned, no one has ever said that to me: ” Where I finally found my freedom is in ….MY TOTAL ACCEPTANCE TO MAKE AS MANY MISTAKES AS POSSIBLE.” I sat there reading the same paragraph over and over, I can not believe my ears.!!! Tears and I’d read it again, not ever had this occurred to me?? !!! Mistakes… make as many as possible, Oh my God that is Life-changing for me.. I can’t hardly breathe. I keep reading it because it won’t stay in my mind. I can’t remember it but there it is… make mistakes. Someone has given my permission to make mistakes..no one ever did that for me before…I hid, I covered up, I became small, invisible under a mountain of fat, who do you want me to be today so I am safe? I hid behind all my labels..I don’t have to do that any more.. OH God thankyou.. love Jayme
Thank you Jayme. This is a great reminder. I don’t try to be perfect. I am myself. I don’t monitor my behavior to what is my idea of “holy” or “perfection.” I allow myself to make mistakes because always the correction is right then, given immediately by the Holy Spirit.
The choice is to stay safe and comfortable (and not make any mistakes)
OR
to start taking some risks, make mistakes, be willing to look like a fool … and have a new experience.
Wow. Tanja’s daily blog is so amazing. I read it every day. She posts in the afternoon. For those of you who are following along with the daily lessons of A Course in Miracles who want some more reminders, more reinforcements or additional simple practical advice, this is the place to go:
My friend Al over at View from a Mountaintop reminded me of a great thing I had forgotten:
Don Juan had another one that has stuck with me over the years. “Controlled Folly.” “Do what you do impeccably, as if it really means something, even though you know it means absolutely nothing.”
Oh my God. I love that.
Exactly. The other day I wrote that I go through waves and it’s the truth. I find myself often stuck between “going for something entirely (a worldly goal)” and “doing nothing, remembering the truth, knowing that my goal is God and it’s accomplished.”
When given the choice between money and going home, I choose going home.
I choose God.
And that’s probably the reason I never have any money.
A Course in Miracles says this path is not hard but it is different.
BOY IS THAT THE TRUTH.
My life, and the way I live it, is the OPPOSITE of everything I ever imagined for myself. It’s not difficult, but it is different.
I have no money but I am happy, healthy, at peace, joyful, creative, full of love, and a constant source of light. I laugh all day long. Nothing bothers me. Everything makes me happy.
Maybe this is how it’s supposed to work? I’m leaving the world behind and taking my rightful place in Heaven.
I only want to do the work that God has sent me here to do and then leave. Being in a body is not comfortable for me. I’m grateful to serve but I’m an alien here. I’m One with the universe – Mind, Spirit – One with all things and yet I find myself in a condition of separation. It’s beyond bizarre.
Does anyone else realize this world is not where you belong?
Does anyone else feel uncomfortable here?
Human beings are creatures of ADAPTATION.
We learn to adapt here. To get along in separation. To live in a body. To live with loneliness, boredom, sadness, sickness and depression.
What a place to be.
I dedicate my mind to truth because I want to go home. I want to end this dream of separation for everyone. I don’t want to delay and linger in time, procrastinating in illusions, when “every 5 minutes spent remembering the truth saves 1000 years, and 1000 minds awaken.”
This is the work I do, and unfortunately, it doesn’t pay money in dollars.
So when Al wrote that to me about “controlled folly”, it’s like a lightbulb when off in my head:
“Do what you do impeccably, as if it really means something, even though you know it means absolutely nothing.”
What do I love to do? I love to write and inspire people. I love to make people happy. I love to cook for friends and family.
What do I really want? I want to be active. I want to have money to pay my bills and do cool things. I want to travel. I want to inspire people to be their true self and get over their addictions. I want to be out in the world, a visible force, giving light to everything I see.
I watched Oprah’s show on Friday about Oprah’s Big Give and I was completely inspired and amazed by the contestants. I want to do what they do: to be out among people, giving of myself.
I want to be truly helpful.
I WANT TO DO IT IMPECCABLY, AS IF IT MEANS SOMETHING, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Lord, hear my prayer.
This world is so distracting.
Do you remember what it was like back in 1899?
Think about it.
No telephones, no tv, no music except when you went to the opera house or went out into the streets, and no internet.
You’d sit in the parlor or out in the grass with a book or with other people.
When in your day is there just QUIET? Undisturbed uninterrupted quiet?
You need to create this quiet. There is no other way. You have to make a decision to turn down the volume in your life, and to be “still an instant and go home.”
I’m wondering about the DISTRACTION LEVEL in your life.
Do you ever just sit on the couch reading A Course in Miracles?
For an hour?
Or two hours?
Do you ever just do nothing?
No goals, no plans … just pure being in the moment.
Do you sit down for dinner with people you love? At a table, with no distractions. No sitting there text-messaging or checking voicemail messages. No rushing off in the middle of a meal because your favorite tv show starts in 5 minutes.
Last summer I worked in a resort with 20-year olds and there would be a group of us standing around – like 10 people – waiting for the event to begin, and rather than talking to each other, everyone was in their own little bubble text-messaging other people. It was the most bizarre thing I’d ever seen.
No communication. Constant preoccupation with external things.
So, take yourself back in time. Better yet, take yourself OUT OF TIME. Make a decision to live in a space where there are no distractions.
To be in a place where you realize you are what everything is, and to know that your mind is part of God’s. You are very holy.
In this place, you realize there is nowhere to go and nothing to do – all goals have been achieved – and you are home in Heaven
This website is a place for transformation. That includes physical transformation, and the falsity sometimes with spiritual journeys is that they give the impression that one day you will wake up and all your troubles and addictions will have miraculously disappeared.
But in my own experience, it’s not like that.
In my own experience, you have to CONSCIOUSLY DECIDE to stop your addictions, and let your problems go.
You have to say, “Okay, that’s enough of that. Time to put my toys away”
So let’s turn up the heat in here:
Starting on Monday, I want you to let an addiction go. It can be anything. This gives you the weekend to prepare yourself.
You already know what it is.
For me, years ago, I wanted to give up drinking and cigarettes. I tried everything. I prayed about it every day. I couldn’t do it. I was powerless. I tried to find causes for the reasons I drank and smoke. I tried to quit, only to start again several days later. And then one day, a miracle occurred: someone told me to STOP IT and said that I COULDN’T DRINK OR SMOKE and that was 7 years ago.
Somehow, having someone other than myself telling me to STOP IT did the trick for me.
It’s a miracle. The desire to drink and smoke was lifted from me forever.
So here I am, offering you a miracle now.
STOP ABUSING YOURSELF.
I want you stop it.
Whatever it is you’re doing that is harming you, I want you to stop it.
I mean it. I’m not kidding. This is not a game. I want you to put your toys away and grow up.
You’re playing in the big leagues now.
It can be drinking, cigarettes, gossiping, overspending, overeating, sugar, soda, tv, cheating, lying, laziness, bitchiness. Whatever. You know what your stumbling block is … and I want you to let it go.
I’m not preaching on high over here because I have a huge huge huge addiction, and I’m about to give it up: SUGAR.
So, I’ll be right here with you.
You don’t need the thing that is holding you back. You don’t need years in therapy talking about it. You don’t need to look at childhood causes of WHY you overeat, drink, smoke, whatever.
You already know what your particular problem or addiction is, you’ve tried giving it up in the past, you’ve failed, and now is the new beginning.
Forget about your past failures. Ignore your fear. Step right into a new space.
Let go. Let God.
We’re taking this journey, together.
If you are doing the workbook lessons with me, it’s means that you want to be brand new. You want something to change in your life. You’d like to be different.
And now is the time.
We’re moving into new territory. We’re together. We’ll help each other.
You can write me anytime:
lisanatoli2@gmail.com
And for more simple (hilarious) advice:
Really funny Bob Newhart skit on Youtube, click to watch.
