Why chronicle happenings?

Human beings have a widespread urge to chronicle or follow what is going on, what has gone on, and what they believe will yet unfold. Have you ever asked yourself where this urge comes from in yourself? It is common to keep informed about situations even when you are not physically-present. What is it with your insatiable desire to know?

Take the radio, television, internet or print media. How often do you follow someone else's version of news?  Information is constantly dispensed by those who define it to those they believe should receive.  Who says you need it? You attract what you think.

Many people awaken to the news, listen to it during breaks, and even finish the day with it during the commute home from work. You are consciously or unconsciously drinking in happenings. Why is it necessary to receive them from sources who think they define you should know? Part of you says, 'how do they know?' The other part watches or tunes out.

In another way, consider the legacy you are leaving. You may have documented much of your life in photos, , newspaper clippings, scrapbook materials and memorabilia. If you have not done this for yourself, your children or someone you admire, then somebody likely has. They may decide what they view as happenings in your life. Do you dream it all?

All of this invites you to step back and reflect on your choices. Raise your awareness about the thoughts you transmit and receive. At this moment, the wavelength you are on is what you view as a happening.  You believe it merits your attention. You can follow your life or lives of others. You chronicle or dream them, and sometimes even live them.

Trust and the rest will follow

How many people have you come across who question their conditions, their motives, their dreams? You can view suffering as something you bring on yourself as a kind of karma.  You can also trust as you make choices that feel right, that the rest will follow.

I have known people to give up the perceived security of a desk job to start a business close to the heart.  Repeatedly, these people had no idea where the clients would come from, but they had faith. Their hearts and souls were stirred.  They attuned to the source of their own powerful energy vibration.  They are tested to the utmost.

One woman I know was a nurse administrator with considerable experience.  She took a settlement package and opened a shop where she offered specialized consultations. She initially advertised in a paper with large readership.  Yet, no clients came as the result.  Yet, one passer-by who was greatly helped trigger a domino effect of this woman's first fifty clients.  She has never looked back.  Her business has flourished ever since.

Another friend is giving up a teaching position with a predictable salary to focus on promoting and marketing his new inventions.  He has experienced numerous setbacks, but chooses to hold his head high.  He is increasingly feeling he is attuning to a divine purpose and he is not at all the religious sort.  Yet, he realizes his honorable intention.

In some sense, service, or how you render service to others, is what matters.  Some people believe that the ways you give unselfishly of yourself are what reflect the imperishable jewel of your character.  When you trust in your heart that you are where you need to be, then you open your mind.  Amazing things unfold to expand what you see.

Supposing a spirit appeared to you?

People will sometimes awaken during the night and catch a glimpse of something hazy at the foot of their bed. In dazed bewilderment, people often assume they are dreaming, turn over, and forget about it. Yet, what if what you sense in the middle of the night is more than a gleam of light in the darkness? Supposing a spirit appeared to you?

You could choose to view this as a test of your senses, your sanity, and your sense of humour. You could interpret the experience as offering you valuable knowledge of who you are, what you are doing here, and why you are being asked to recognize energy in a different form. Would this prompt you to take leave of your rational mind?

It is common to confinethe mind to logical explanations, like, 'I must be hallucinating,'or 'I must have had a few too many last night,' or, 'my imagination is working overtime.' Yet, pause for a moment, to recognize that phenomena communcate with you in ways you do not expect. Energy makes efforts to get through to you. Have you sensed it?

Think seriously about what you would like to say to spirit that appears. You may get the chance sooner than you think. When you are ready to listen, and your senses are receptive, energy responds. You can choose to dream, choose to awaken within your dreams or, transcend boundaries.  Share a memorable experience and what you gain.

You are closer than you think

How many times have you felt discouraged?  Ever heard the phrase, 'so close and yet so far?'  People will tell you their view of how long they believe it will take to get to where you want to go, but how do they really know? Nobody knows you better than you do. Sometimes, you may forget that. You may not realize how close you are to success.

You may have been hiking somewhere and read a sign that predicted it would take you two hours to complete a particular trail. If you have never hiked it before, you may require a different amount of time. Part of you may say to give up before you start.  Who is to say you may not finish quicker than other people? The key is you take the time you need.  Learning to overcome mental obstacles is harder than any steep trail before you.

Whenever you sense the going gets tough, then this is when you are invited to tap into your inner strength and determination. It is when part of you desires to give up that you are almost  there.  This is when patience and belief in yourself will get you that extra distance.  Never underestimate the invisible power of faith.  It may only be a few more minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years, but you are much closer than you think.

Think back to a time where you were not well.  Healing is a process that unfolds in ways you are unaware.   People around you will assume they know how long it will take you to recouperate.  In fact, they may even share a discouraging prognosis.  

Nonethless, you can find many inspiring stories about people who believe in their own healing power. This stimulates or manifests miracles.  Regardless of your health situation, you can choose to view it as a temporary setback.  You always have a choice about how to react to your circumstances.  You are closer than you think to your unspoken goal.

The way will be made clear to you

You may have heard the idea that human beings become what they think. If you feel angry and negative in any way, then you are inviting more of the same or, what you really do not want. Yet, if you are feeling good and consciously visualizing what you desire to experience, then this is going to happen. The 'how' is not for you to grasp.

In truth, you do not live for yourself. Your intentions have underlying motivations you do not yet see. What would you say if your deepest desire was to develop unwavering faith in those things you are not ready to understand? Have confidence in the mystery of your own evolution.  The way will be made clear.  Be grateful for love you express and share.

At any given moment, you do all you can.  When you follow positive vibrations, you live in a constant state of joy.  In order to discern positive vibrations, to know when you are in this frequency or not, you must choose to learn when you are experiencing something else.  Everything leads you back to what you have always known about 'the way.'

Every period of your life reminds you that you are becoming more receptive to your inner spirit.  Something wonderful is emerging. It will guide you, protect you and serve you, if you permit this.  You are learning to distinguish between the dream you sleepwalk through and the dream you deliberately create.  Supposing you never chose to awaken?  Everything that unfolded in your sleeping reality would seem real.  That is not how it is.