From the Desk of Rev. Diannia Baty ©

Are you tuned in or tuned out? Are you a good listener? Do you find that you will have a conversation with someone and hardly recall most of what was said? Do people in your life ask you if you are listening to them?

Do you sometimes arrive at your destination and don’t remember the drive? Are you having trouble remembering appointments? How are you sleeping at night? Are you having frequent headaches and stomach issues, heartburn or stiff sore muscles? If I asked you what you had for breakfast yesterday, could you tell me?

It has been surmised that most of us have almost 60,000 thoughts a day. That is way too

much for spiritual and emotional health. If you are doing that much thinking then is it any surprise that you are having troubles? Many of these thoughts are random and are automatic default thoughts.

Your mind is using you and it should be the other way around. I am reminded of when I have walked a large unruly dog that pulls me around. Just who is walking who?

It is time to tune into yourself and your soul. It is also time to tune into your God. Just how do you do this? The first course of action would be to dial down the number of thoughts you have in any given day. One of the most powerful ways to do this is to meditate. This is not just a suggestion. I meditate every day and it has become something I have to do like eat or sleep. I am calmer and grounded and a lot more peaceful. If you feel you can’t, then just sit quietly and take a few deep breaths and concentrate on the sensation of breathing. Do this for 3 to 5 minutes with your eyes closed.

Surprise, you just meditated! Easy enough, isn’t it? Do this whenever you need a break from the world instead of eating something or turning on the TV.

Have you ever given any thought to how many things you turn on and off throughout the day? You control many things. Some of these things are light switches, your car, the TV, the dishwasher, your computer, water faucets, your toothbrushes, security systems, the stove etc. This is just a short list of things you have absolute control over. If you forget to turn off some of these things the results are not pretty and sometimes devastating. Most of us are pretty vigilant and take care of the on off process in our day.

Most of us however, are not doing anything for our minds. We let the thoughts run roughshod over our life. You can train the mind to shut down too by meditation and sitting quietly. Your brain is a magnificent bio machine but it is designed to shut down from time to time. Even our computers go into a hibernate mode. If we allow our thoughts to run on with no control in sight we encounter burn out. Thank Goodness, our creator designed us to sleep or many of us would be in deep trouble. It is a sad fact that so many of us have trouble in that area also because we have not learned to use our minds effectively. Sleep clinics and sleeping pills are a sign of our times. This is a sad commentary of our humanity.

Our entire planet and everything on it is designed to perform in divine symmetry. We have the change of the seasons. The tides are controlled by the phases of the moon. Our children are born approximately nine months after conception. Grass, trees and plants have a cycle of birth and renewal. The snows of winter melt and fill the streams and rivers. Water condenses and fills the clouds. It rains and falls back into the water supply.

It is time to become still and quiet and connect with our source. We are way overdue to find our way back to peace and have a deep personal relationship with our creator. You will not find God in your busy mind numbing activities. God is being tuned out and shoved in the background of your mind. There is a powerful truth that you need to remember and that is;

The kingdom of heaven is within.

Now, if you think about it, it is pretty simply stated with no disclaimers. There are no if’s, and’s or but’s. It is what it is.

I have so many of my deeply spiritual experiences in the outdoors. One day while sitting quietly on a park bench meditating, a boy of about ten stopped in front of me. When I opened my eyes, he asked me what I was doing. I decided to tell him in simple terms and I stated that I was sitting with God and listening for the voice of my creator. When I said that he sat down beside me and a dialogue started between us that I have never forgotten. He said, “you mean God actually talks to you?” I said yes he did. He stated that he didn’t hear anything when he walked up to me. I told him that because God is so boundless and as big as the universe he could communicate with us in so many different ways. I explained that you had to learn to become still and very quiet so you could hear him. I asked him what his name was and David was his reply. Young curious David then said he was going to try it.

He closed his eyes and became like a statue and his breathing slowed. Children of that age are not accustomed to being still for very long. To my continued amazement, he sat there for a full 12 minutes as I timed him by my watch before he opened his eyes. He was quiet for a few moments as I waited for his reaction or comments. He looked at me and smiled and said, “wow, that was really cool.” He told me he had become aware of the birds singing and sounds seemed louder and then seemed to become lower in volume. He was then only aware of his breathing and he started to see colors like a rainbow. David said that he felt goose bumps and like someone was standing in the rainbows with him. “That was God, huh?”

I replied “yes it was.” I asked him if it made him feel good and he said, “yes, it did” I asked him if God had spoken to him and David said something I will never forget. His reply was,

“I kinda heard words in my head but not out loud or anything.”

David told me that God said, “I am loved beyond anything I can ever imagine and that one day I would understand what that means.”

I was so touched by this encounter with this little boy. I knew that I was supposed to meet David that day. Before he left he told me he was going to repeat the experience a lot and he couldn’t wait to tell his little brother about it so he could do it too! The ripple effect had started from this meeting. One other thing that David said before he left was,

“God is really cool, Huh?” Yes! David, God is really cool indeed!

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My first cousin Carolyn is not on the earth physically any longer.  I remember a crisp fall day walking in the woods together talking about life and how much we loved each other.  That was the day she told me about her breast cancer diagnosis. We were six months apart in age and I would take regular trips to North Carolina to visit her.

I finally ended up moving here just over five miles away from her and I am so glad I did that. I loved being with her. She was my best friend in every way that word can be said. She was always there for me and never judged me…she just loved me and I loved her.

On this particular day I fried chicken and cooked all the trimmings for a Sunday dinner complete with mashed potatoes. Carolyn loved my cooking and I was only too happy to cook for her. It was a great southern meal with all the trimmings. I have so many memories of her. We loved to go on road trips together and sing, talk and listen to music and basically act like two teenagers together. Thrift store shopping and garage sales were adventures to find the ultimate buy of the day. Most of all we just loved being together and we talked on the phone every single day with few exceptions.

The bottom line is cancer took her away from us and she suffered terribly. I miss her laughter and her funny sneezes. I miss our conversations and her hugs. I miss all of it with a fierceness that takes my breath away sometimes. She has been gone for a few years now and I bring her back in my memories frequently. She had a very hard life and a hard death and now her suffering is over. I told her often how much I loved her and I wonder if she knew just how much I did? She was a fine person, honest and sweet and very giving…too giving sometimes but that was just the way she was.

When she knew that she was not going to be the victor in the cancer battle she asked me why God did this to her and I told her God did not do this. I reminded her that God was always there and told her about the light and how beautiful it would be where she was going. It seemed to bring her some peace.

I can feel her very close today. I wish she was here so I could cook some of her favorite things for her and hear her laugh again but for now I will have to listen with my heart.

The one thing that brings me more peace than anything is knowing that only her physical body is gone but she isn’t and never will be.

I am reminded that to love is to risk loss. I ask myself the question if I would have passed up loving anyone I have lost in this life so I could bypass the pain of loss and the answer is a firm NO. Each time I have loved and lost, it was totally worth it no matter the circumstances.

Dying is the easy part. Living is the hard part. We have it backwards when we think that dying is hard and living is easy. Carolyn was a person to admire and had more friends then she even knew she had. She impacted so many people an she never had a clue. She downplayed everything she did by saying that she was just doing what was right and centered in God.

I know she lives on in spirit and someday I will be with her where she is today and I am always with her in my heart. I will not defile her memory by remaining sad and full of grief. I will honor her in every way I can by being happy and joyful. And by doing what is right and staying centered in God. This is just something to think about.

By Rev. Lady Diannia Baty

It is so quiet outside except for the birds. The birds sing when the sky is starting its gray glow towards sunshine. I am easing into my day with my second cup of coffee. I am feeling pretty good as I view all the efforts put forth yesterday. It is the kind of feeling of satisfaction a gardener gets when they have just put in their garden and the next day they walk out and survey the finished product. Each day a little more growth will be displayed. All the plants will respond from the gardener’s care and energy. The gardener just knows the fruits of his or her labors will bear bounty.

Now, I will leap-frog into manifestation and how we get in our own way when trying to work this universal law.

The first order of the day is to meditate. So many seekers on the spiritual path do not take this seriously. If you aren’t meditating then you will have issues with just about everything.  When the mind is quiet and you have become still, you will experience so much love and peace and you will know God in an entirely different way. This quiet still place is where you can experience heaven on earth now. This is what I call the GOD ZONE. This is where the communication with the creator is a whole new ball game. If you skip this then your manifesting prowess will be weak. If you want to master manifestation then don’t skip this. I repeat…don’t skip meditating! It is helpful for beginners to do guided meditations with a facilitator so buy some cd’s of guided meditations.

The second thing to do is get clear about what you want to bring about, real clear. The universe does not respond to cloudy requests. Vocalize it with positive affirmations. There should be absolutely no negativity in these affirmations. Do not use words such as … Need or Want. The word need is showing doubt and neediness and the word want is showing a state of want or lack. State these affirmations as though what you desire has already taken place. Get comfortable with this. If it feels silly to you that is all the more reason to keep doing it. You will be moving toward a feeling of worthiness.

The third thing is to write it down. Describe what it is and how it looks and feels. Cut out photos or illustrations that affirm it. Create a manifesting journal and paste all the cutouts on a visualization board. I have a cut out of a million dollar bill on my bulletin board. I see it every day.

The fourth thing to do is to Visualize, Visualize, and Visualize. Close your eyes and picture yourself as already having what it is that you are working at bringing about. For anyone who doesn’t regularly meditate this may be more difficult but keep at it and it will get stronger. It feels wonderful to do this and brings about all the possibilities. Put as much detail into this exercise as you can. If you are seeing yourself speaking on a stage somewhere, then what are you wearing?  See the audience packed. Picture yourself at ease and powerful. Also what are you speaking about? If you want to go on a trip to some far away exotic place start watching videos of this place and cut out and collect photos and brochures. Do you homework and the more you do these things the closer you get to obtaining your wish, goal or desire to fruition.

By Rev. Diannia Baty

For a few weeks now I have been struggling with getting my thoughts on Thanksgiving so I could get it down and bring it to life. For some reason that has escaped me until now I have been blocked and could not write about it. I am blessed as a writer to write about anything at anytime but not with the subject of one of our major holiday celebrations.

Finally it came to me this morning that a block is something temporary and if I just delved into my emotions and thoughts that I would find the reason for the block. Once I exposed it to the light and stood toe to toe with it I would take the power of the block away.

While growing up in a large family a lot of my days were on survival mode. There was a lot of trauma and drama. Suffice it to say that I am amazed I made it out alive. Holidays are difficult for me because for all the rest of the days of the year, fear, pain and anxiety were prevalent. Then a holidays roll around and it is Picture Perfect for that one day and then back to the craziness. Don’t get me wrong I would enjoy these rare Norman Rockwell Days with a bittersweet taste because I knew it was short lived and that the next day all hell would break through once again.

So, in retrospect it has occurred to me that I didn’t trust the concept of Thanksgiving because it felt like some sort of sham. For a while after I left home I would make an effort to establish my own tradition but my heart was never in it. I was always quick to accept an invitation from someone to break bread with them on this day. I didn’t need to make an effort that way.

I do remember how my mother would cook a feast fit for royalty. The table would groan with the weight of the food. All the uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents etc. would be crowding the house and gossiping about one another. It was a day like most families would have and for that one day we were like regular folks and were truly nice to one another but the next day I had to come back to the reality of our crazy dysfunctional

family and my life as it was. I resented that so much and wondered why we couldn’t be loving, thankful and kind the rest of the year?

Now I am going to honor this day in the spirit that it is and that is giving thanks and being grateful for absolutely everything and to do it everyday of the year not just this one day. Every day should be Thanksgiving Day! While I fill my stomach every day I should be grateful that I do not go hungry while others are dying of starvation. I should be grateful for friends and a roof over my head when there are so many who are homeless right now.

I should be grateful, grateful, and grateful. Gratitude and giving thanks should be the mantra we hear and live every day of our lives. Love should be out most powerful thought and action of every day. War, economic upheaval, global warming, oil spills and all manner of horrible stuff is going on right now. I will not sugar coat that and pretend it is not happening but imagine a global movement of love, acceptance, generosity and giving thanks spreading from land to land, across borders, country to country. Imagine billions jumping on board with that. Now, imagine a world of peace where no one goes hungry for a single day. There are 60 billion of us and by the sheer numbers of us we have immense power to bring about change. Be your own leader, teacher, student and love ambassador for the world. Stand up and show up for humanity and yourself in any way that you can every day.

I declare that every day is Thanksgiving Day in my life. How about you? Is there someone or something you need to forgive, validate, express love to, volunteer for, give something to or let go of? Every day of our life choices are presented to us to do these things yet we wait for one day a year to do it and usually with a heavy heart so it never sticks. You know if this is you and if it is this may give you a different way to look at it.

I declare to live thanksgiving in my life.

I also want to add…”THANK YOU, GOD.”

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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There are a lot of people in this world who are called in service to become a caregiver to someone in need. People step up to the plate either because of family needs or to be of service to another. It makes no difference if you are a volunteer or not, care giving is a tough job on all fronts. It is emotionally upsetting, physically exhausting and financially draining even in the best of circumstances.

The scenarios are different but the bottom line is when there is someone who needs care someone somewhere has to step in and help.

This article is primarily for those who are taking care of someone who is either, elderly, terminally ill, or is helpless in some fashion. It makes no difference if they are sweet natured or mean tempered. You are an unsung hero.

Some years ago I made the decision to take care of my mother who was failing fast. Her addiction to anything that smacked of painkillers, valium or muscle relaxers had reached a peak. Her health from years of this abuse had gone downhill and had affected her heart and liver function. Her house was falling apart and my siblings were creating distance with her. She was not an easy person to be around. I sold my business and packed up everything to go to her and was planning to live out my life in Texas. This was without a doubt the hardest thing I have ever done. She was not very nice to me. In fact, she was mean and hurtful.

Long story short, I went through a lot just to get the doctors to detox her. Her health was so bad I think they were concerned that she wouldn’t survive detox. She did and I discovered that I had created a monster. I was the one that doled out her medications and took her to her numerous appointments. I was the one that sat through emergency room visit after emergency room visit. Her heart was weak and failing. There were so many things wrong with her that she was a walking medical textbook. She had a clear mind due to the detox and now that she was thinking clearer she took out her frustrations on me.

She decided that she didn’t need me anymore and the things that she did to get rid of me caused me great pain. I now know why someone goes to the store and is never heard from again. It was hard for me to believe that the mother that I loved so much could be so horrible to me. She did everything she could to malign and discredit me.

My siblings were no help to me at all. Out of sight, out of mind was pretty much how they handled the situation. I don’t really blame them for that and I have forgiven them for not being there for me.

This was so isolating to me. I felt that I was on my own and I pretty much was. The stress came close to killing me. I suffered an eye hemorrhage, heart palpitations and stomach issues while I was with her. I went to her doctor for these ailments and she told me it was stress related. She advised me to put my mother in a nursing home and run for my life. She was very aware of how my mother related to the world. She told me it could kill me. I still hung in there. There were no caregiver support groups in the area.

Many people are concentrating on the person who needs care but not the caregiver. I am telling you that is an extremely tough job.

If you are a caregiver find a support group and go to the meetings. If there isn’t one in your area, start one. If your brother or sister or dad or whoever is taking care of someone, offer help. Take over for a day or even a few hours. You have no idea how much this could mean to them. Call often and see what you can do but do something. Don’t abandon them.

During this time in my life I talked to God a lot to make it through another day. I wept with frustration, anger, sadness and a feeling of hopelessness.

If your health is failing because you are overwhelmed with someone’s care think about an alternative plan. Many families have broken apart because of these issues. The point is that the person in question gets care, no matter what organization or person gives it.

Don’t sit back and breathe a sigh of relief that good ole ___________has taken over ____________’s care and now you can get on with your life. Fill in the blanks.

I have talked to my creator about this care giving issue. I received guidance to remind everyone to support and love the supporter. Lift them up and show compassion.

My hats off to all of you who have stepped up to the plate but remember you need care too!

To all of those who are supporting the care givers of this world…kudos to you! I also want to remind everyone that someday you may need care too! We are all God’s creations and would do well to remember that! Don’t just think that you should help out and forget it.

Do something.

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Oh my goodness, there is a rose that is the wrong color. We need to throw it out. It doesn’t fit with the color scheme. It shouldn’t be there. What are we to do? It is not like the rest of them. How dare that yellow rose try to be with the rest of us?

I say thank goodness there is diversity and major differences in this world. We are all so different in appearance, beliefs, ideas, likes and dislikes. There is not one animal but many different types of creatures in this world. What if there were only birds and just one species of bird on our planet? Imagine walking out the door and seeing only cardinals. I love cardinals. They are beautiful but it is the wide diversity of birds that make each one so beautiful. It is the yellow roses that make me appreciate the red and pink ones.

If we are ever to make profound changes in this world, we must learn to honor our differences and celebrate them. The way we are demonstrating our Godliness is appalling. The skinny people are putting down the fat ones and the fat ones in kind are doing the same to the skinny people. The Catholics are judging the Jewish people and the atheists and the believers are putting down each other. On and on the judgments go. It is like a dog chasing his tail. We aren’t changing a thing. We are only making it worse for each other. When are we going to wake up? Are we going to wake up?

Your way is not the better way; it is only a different way.

Is there a yellow rose in your midst that you won’t accept? Is there someone you won’t accept because they are short or tall, smart or slow, poor or rich, loud or quiet, Lutheran or Jewish, fat or skinny, old or young? If you look real close you will see that even the red roses are different from each other. This is just something to think about?

Diannia is a speaker, author and spiritual leader. She writes for many blogs and teaches spiritual classes ..

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Thoughts on Depression

By Rev. Diannia Baty

Depression is so prevalent right now that I thought it would be a good idea to share my thoughts on it. It affects every area of your life and make no mistake; it also affects every single person you are in contact with. I have been there and it is an awful space to be in. I am sharing my view and experience so you can see another way to deal with this. This way is through God, prayer, meditation and the power of thoughts.

There are very few people who have not experienced this emotional roller coaster at some point in their lives. In one form or another from the mild to the extreme, this dark force will visit like a vampire in the dark and slowly suck your life force dry.  For me, just the memory of that time is enough to make me break out into a sweat. I never want to experience it again.

I remember getting no joy or peace. Nothing gave me even a tiny morsel of freedom from the prison of my thoughts. The finest food was nothing. I ate only to stay alive. Food was like cardboard to me. Hunger became a thing of the past. I did not want to eat. I could not be tempted by my favorites. Lobster is a rare delicacy for me. I love it. If a plate full of steaming lobster with drawn butter had been placed in front of me, it would have meant nothing. It would have only depressed me further because I would know that at one time it made me happy to indulge myself. I couldn’t concentrate to read or watch a television program. Opening my eyes to face another day filed me with dread because when I looked at the sky, I could see no beautiful blue color. I could only see another day to drag myself through.

Trying to describe how I felt was difficult. It was like being in a nightmare of lifelessness. I felt totally empty inside. I did contemplate doing myself in so I could escape the pain of being alive in this black state. I just wanted it to end.

I do understand this feeling of never ending despair. I felt that I was being unfairly punished by some cosmic entity. I was being delivered the punch line with no joke attached.

I hated being around people because it was such a monumental effort to interact with the “ Normals. ” I resented them for being able to be normal because I was anything but. I   knew if I heard one more time to just snap out of it, I would hurt someone. I could feel someone’s discomfort and frustration when they were around me. The worst part of all of this was the fact that I could pinpoint no reason for me to feel this way.

I know there are different forms of depression caused by many things but the bottom line is it feels the same to anyone suffering from it. You are not flawed or crazy if you suffer from this. Many suffer in silence telling no one but it is something you can’t hide and it causes problems for anyone who is around you.

I have a few suggestions for anyone who is suffering through this.

Get Help! Please don’t think you can just make it go away on it’s own. If you ignore it many times it gets much worse.

1. If medication is needed take it and don’t suddenly stop it. Ask for a mood elevator to take in the interim while waiting for the other medication to take hold. Why more physicians don’t prescribe this tiny little pill is beyond me. For me it was a life saver. Within thirty minutes after swallowing this, the lights came on and I felt NORMAL.
2. Journal…Journal…Journal. Writing about you feelings will help you to focus.
3. Pray, Pray, Pray. Pray as often as you can. God doesn’t care if you make sense but is always listening.
4. Eat, even if you don’t want to. Get something in your stomach or you will get weak and sick.
5. Get outside in the sunshine and fresh air. Your brain needs light.
6. Do not neglect personal hygiene. It will only make you feel worse.
7. Watch only uplifting movies and listen to music every day…soothing music is best. Limit the media.
8. Force yourself to do something positive every single day, no matter how small.
9. Meditate! There are many guided meditation cd’s available. All you have to do is close your eyes and listen.

Well, in closing it is imperative that you not ignore this and do everything you can to help yourself. There are books galore on this subject so educate yourself.

After a while I was able to come back and the sky turned blue once more. The joy and peace flooded in and I am okay. Even though this was a long time ago, I never want to go through it again. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is not the train coming at you. God will help you to bring back the color in your life but you must help yourself first.

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By Lisa Thomas

It was a bright sunny morning when I spoke with this dynamic P3 Pearl. I was awe struck with her presence. She’s such a soft spoken young woman with a passion that exudes from her inner core. When introduced I wasn’t surprised to find a fascinating story in Anna Levesque. I knew her triumph would offer women inner strength and courage like none other.

During our time together Anna chronicles her life as a woman who found her passion and pursued it in spite of a few naysayers. She speaks of the pressure from those closest to her to find something more meaningful or more real. Many doubted her abilities but Anna paddled against the current of all of those who did not believe. She discovered that more meaning lies in her truth than anything else.  

Anna is an avid Kayaker and has made it her mission to empower women to build courage, confidence and strength through Kayaking classes and workshops.  While she loves the sport, it hasn’t come without challenge. Kayaking is a male dominated sport and considered an extreme sport. However Anna saw it as an opportunity to find her truest most authentic voice.

During my time with Anna, she shared the moment she embraced her femininity in a male dominated world. She honored who she is and in the process transformed lives.

I’m excited you’ll listen in on this candid interview with Anna Levesque. Anna’s life  seems to be an experience of paddling against the current with extreme rewards and pleasures. How fun! What would life be like if  “you” chose to go against the current for a change?!?

Prepare to be inspired, to learn the lessons of being true to who you are no matter what and how bringing your faith into alignment with your desires produces extraordinary results.

Anna shares what she knows for sure, two favorite quotes and the best advice for all women pursuing their passion. Enjoy !

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Watch Anna in action below! Enjoy!

By Rev. Lady Dannia Baty Copyright 2010

I won’t argue the fact that there are some big changes happening on our world but the fact is changes have been happening for a long time now and this is nothing new. While the wheels are turning, we don’t notice much until the wheels stop turning. Remember any long car trip and at some point the driver slows down to exit somewhere. We may be fast asleep but when the car stops, we wake up most of the time. Some where in our brain is registered the fact that something has changed and we need to come out of our dozing state and pay attention.

It is a similar situation when someone falls asleep in front of the television. We walk in and notice that you are asleep and when it is turned off, you wake up! Everyone is waking up because the wheels have slowed or stopped turning for a while but only for a while. All I hear is how bad everything is. Where have all the positive people gone? What is needed now are conversations that spread hope and love. If you are nearby when the conversation turns to how awful things are the best thing to do is move on or change the subject. Don’t join in!

We have reached a state of what is called critical mass. The way we have lived our lives in relative spiritual unconsciousness has slowed down the wheels of the bus. It is time to take in the scenery of your creations.

If you are having issues and troubles right now then what is going on in your life is in your face in such a big way that can no longer be ignored. The tiger is no longer in the bushes. It is right in front of you and growling and baring its teeth.
Across the board this is true for almost everyone alive right now.

The fact of the matter is spiritually speaking, you are being prodded and pushed to make some changes. You are not alone. You know this to be true and some of us just don’t know how to move forward. You are like a deer in the headlights frozen and not knowing what to do. We all know what happens to most deer when this happens.

Sadly, being in denial or ignoring any suffering you may be experiencing is an option many of you take. To quote Dr. Phil, “ How is that working for you? ”
It is not working at all and you know it. If you have lived this way for a long time then you have adapted yourself to your current way of thinking and living your life.
One of the ways you have adapted is to constantly feed yourself negativity. It is time to take stock of what media you are watching and reading and how much. Let’s not kid each other. Most of the media is negative, frightening and if you believed all of it, you would be jumping off a bridge.
The surge toward spirituality is stronger now than ever before as the seekers are many who want to understand themselves, the universe and God.

We’ve lost ourselves. We’ve lost the truth of who we are as spiritual beings. We have dumbed down our connection to God. We’ve turned our power over to negative thought forms and beliefs put into place thousands of years ago. These negative thought forms and beliefs were created with a single purpose in mind—to control our thoughts, actions and behaviors to the benefit of those who would wield power over us. We have all seen it and experienced it but have turned a blind eye to it. We have shook our heads at our dwindling resources but as long as it didn’t affect us personally we didn’t make any changes. Well now, it is affecting you personally as a person, a nation and a planet.

It is time that we took our power back! It is a social imperative that we all share the responsibility for. Do you truly want to be happy, joyous, abundant and free? Do you want to see peace reign in the world? Do you want to see our dwindling environmental resources begin to replenish and flourish? Do you want to have the power to manifest abundance in your life?

There is a way, as a collective humanity to co-create sustainable abundance in every area of our lives. It requires a Quantum Shift in perspective and a desire and willingness to frame our beliefs about who we inherently are as spiritual beings. It saddens me greatly when I repeatedly and continuously hear the following from the beautiful, radiantly talented people that cross my path:

• As human beings we are imperfect, flawed and weak
• No pain, no gain
• One cannot transcend or grow without suffering
• I don’t know what it would take for me to be happy. I have everything and I feel confused and alone.
• I feel like I am a prisoner in my own life and I don’t know how to undo it
• If only I had the right woman/man in my life, I’d feel okay
• If only I had money, I’d be free.
• I feel like I’m being punished for who I am
• If only I had a house, I’d be secure.

With great sadness in my heart I write to you to implore you to begin anew. To wipe the slate clean and to create a new reality and imprint upon it that which is truly your birthright and destiny as a human being! You are a bundle of pure divinity. You are a perfect, precious creation of unlimited intelligence, creativity and divine power to be the alchemist mixing and creating precious energies, thoughts, forms and materials into divine material form. You are God’s perfect creation. You were given such incredible gifts of free will and to power to create anew in every moment.

Every one of us is a teacher and a leader but we are not using it. You are a teacher and a leader within your own life experience.

Now is the time for change…Now!
The true disease of our humanity causing the dwindling resources of our environment, increasingly aggressive warring among political and religious factions and early death due to diseases born out of our own behaviors, is our belief that we are flawed, imperfect and victims of our circumstances. The other disease is apathy.

My divine fellow brothers and sisters, where, when and why did we decide to buy into the very belief that is causing the deconstruction and destruction of everything that we hold dear in life! Whatever happens anywhere in this world affects every one of us.

Not until we REMEMBER and EMBRACE the truth of our divinity and LET GO of someone’s self-motivated spin that continues to dominate and control us, will we begin to be free. As we begin to embrace the truth of our wholeness, we will begin to feel the rise of a new era, a rise in health, wealth and well-being in our hearts, homes, communities and the world we live and breathe in.

The spin of human form as broken, flawed and in need of being saved is what perpetuates living from a place of fear. The belief that as human beings we are a stain on the fabric of the world is truly tragic and commits us to a barren future. The belief that only through pain, we rise, is yet another negative thought form which has as its’ goal to behavior modify us into a malleable controllable collective. It keeps us immobilized where institutions can lead us into arenas that only serve their thirst for power, dominance and control.

Fear breeds more fear and increased fear in the world gives rise to those who want to capitalize on our fears. They control our minds, actions, behaviors and pocketbooks! Conquer and divide is the dish of the day if we continue to buy into the belief that our greatest strength as a human being is our weakness!

Living from fear allows us to be controlled. It controls what we are able to accomplish in the world. We strive to create security and success from a place of fear and when security and success is built on a foundation of fear, it is at risk of collapse and destruction. The only way to create SUSTAINABLE abundance is through living from a place of our own power and divinity. We must understand that as human beings we ARE PERFECT and we hold the power to the expansion of not only our lives, but the world around us.

When we begin to feel the rightness, beauty and brilliance of who we are, fear begins to slip away and we begin to feel a new surge of the divine running through our hearts, souls, and spirits. We begin to see life through a new lens. Everything comes vibrantly alive and a new energy moves through us giving birth to our own unique creative intelligence. We begin to live in flow and trust and not in fear. We begin to manifest a new reality of our own choosing! An abundant Universe where supply far exceeds demand! Just envision that for a moment. What would the World become having all the supply that we could ever need to meet demand? I know you know the answer. War, famine, disease, ego and fear would become ancient history! Humanity would rise to a new consciousness where abundance would be allowed to expand and flourish and we would become the generation of a new era of enlightenment!

We, the people, ARE the mass consciousness that have the power to create permanent quantum shift for a new tomorrow. Believe it, embrace it and manifest it now!

We’ve also bought into the belief that change is a painful process. When we even think of the word “change” it evokes a feeling of dread and fear. We, again, become immobilized and choose to stay stuck rather than facing the supposedly inevitable trauma of change. This is a belief that we have to shift and let go of in order to become proactive participants in the creation of a new abundant landscape of life.

Change is invigorating, energizing, exciting, and expansive and creates innovation and genius when you are the one instituting and creating the change.

The reason why most of us see change as a threat rather than the opportunity for expansion is because most of us let change happen to us rather than being the proactive person promoting the shift. It is the difference between being the victim of circumstances or the victor of circumstances. Which will you choose going forward? To be the person who allows change to be thrust upon them or the person who creates positive change?

Again, it is a matter of living in faith of yourself as a creator and not as a fear-based person who is being manipulated and controlled by those who would seek power over you.

True and right use of power comes from within with a purity of intention to manifest abundance for the greater good of the whole. It starts in your heart, soul and home and trickles out into the world. Change brings about incredible transformation. God is always there to guide and assist.

As you believe, others believe. As you live your divinity, others will live their divinity. As you radiate the new reality of our divine humanity, others see it, feel it and move into it. You have the power to change your mind, thoughts, beliefs, deeds, actions and reactions. You have the power to manifest a new reality that sustains your existence in the highest, most abundant form imaginable.

As the world changes and our consciousness shifts into a higher state of being, we will all come to know God as never before in the history of the world. God is patiently waiting for his children to know and feel with absolute clarity that we all have the power to affect change and create. If you have been waiting for signs and omens, they are all around us so what are you waiting for? This is just something to think about.

I know we have all heard the verse “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”

Some may have even heard this one “Faith without works is dead!!!”

In the new world of today, some of us have heard this: “have an attitude of gratitude; be grateful for what you have and then you will attract more of what you want.”

You’ve probably even heard me say, “know your vision and focus with great intention.”

All good stuff but what’s missing is a strategic plan, belief along with dedicated, concentrated action.

So here’s the deal, use what God gave you. Matthew 7:7 says “Ask and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be open unto you.”

Well what are you asking for? Are you clear about “what to ask for”? Are you actually knocking on doors or waiting for god to mysteriously bestow your wants on you for your good samaritan attitude? Some believe if you’re just a good person, you practice gratitude or you pray, you will eventually get what you want.

Well James 2:20 says,  ”But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?”

I don’t care how good you are at being grateful, praying or the good deeds you do – you cannot escape the work; the dedicated concentrated work.

We tend the fail in this part of our daily responsibilities.

Even God worked 6 days and he rested on the 7th day. So we don’t get to sit back and not take consistent action everyday thinking he is going to reward us because we prayed or we worked a little bit.
So here’s what I’m saying:

Believe – you must believe in your vision and destiny. You must believe without doubt that god will deliver you to your destiny.

Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, “BELIEVING” it shall be done.

And Matthew:21;21 Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree but also if ye shall say unto the mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

So belief is critical, it makes the impossible possible.

De-mystify manifesting – the problem with the word “manifesting” is it can be unclear. There’s no “how” to do it. So you find yourself manifesting with no real knowing of “how to do it”.

But if you look at one of the definitions in Dictionary.com on manifesting, it will offer the following:

“to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly”

Which leads me to the next step:

Make your path plain and create a strategic plan – no vision or purpose manifested without a plan of action.

And here’s the clincher, you must execute the plan. There’s no escaping the plan. You have to take the actions laid out.

Think about it – here’s a great example and I’m going to be brutal to take the point home. 

So you read the scripture as it is written which is  “ask and it is given unto you. Seek and ye shall find; knock the door will be open unto you.”

 And no sooner than you ask, you get the answer to take seven steps but for some reason you do not do all seven steps you are given. You stop at 2, then you might go into a state of gratitude to manifest your destiny, or pray to ask god to help you or you stop and do something totally off the beating path when what there is to do is step 3,4,5,6, and 7.

That’s what really makes your destiny manifest itself.

Nothing happens by osmosis or in a vacuum. Prayer works, yes; God answers prayers. Meditation works, yes. In the solitude of moments you are given peace and answers to your prayers however nothing happens without action; deliberate consistent concentrated planned action. NOTHING!

No beautiful masterpiece of art, landscape or building ever just appeared. It became a reality by someone laying a foundation and building on it through work or action.

So go to “work” on making things happen.

Your destiny is in YOUR hands. Everything you want is awaiting you, now go get it!

Lisa Thomas is a Vision and Leadership Support Coach, Visionary for Women, Contributing Coach for NBC’s My Carolina Today and Inspirational Speaker. 

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