Motivate, motivate, motivate and turn trouble into a platform for abundant living...

I believe that nurses can adapt to alternative careers and actually make more money than they could have in nursing although money is not the main motivator for going into the nursing profession for most.  "Money is important" is one of the most clarifying statements I have ever heard and it was said to me one day be a friend and someone whom I have respect for Jimmy Ezzell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yBFZDPcJtk  I encourage you to take the time to watch his video and others on the subject of marketing and selling.  He will "fire you up" and help you to develop the personal skills necessary to adapt to the world of marketing health products for instance.  I happen to know Jimmy and because he is a good Christian family man I think that he's a good mentor for those who need to adapt to new ways of earning money.
There are times in life when you will have to do what you have to do to make it through and it won't be easy but don't give up.
Many of the best motivators say that success is hiding around the next corner after you have been through a period of defeat and struggle.  Many also speak about the process involved in the struggle to success as a process of inner growth and strengthening through which you come to know your true self and connect with the more positive and higher aspects of our being or soul.  It then becomes a journey to be embraced and as you transition from lower negative energy that can make you have feelings anger and resentment over facing investigations and discipline, you will actually like to let your life unfold and follow the way to a lifestyle and way of earning money that will be a joy to you.  It may take time and if you view your efforts as stepping stones to a greater goal you won't get caught up with labeling the efforts that don't work out as failures.  Remember that every effort you make will be supported by Grace if you allow it to be and draw in that Grace through trust in yourself and your Higher Power.  I will always include spirituality in what I share with you because without God, Consciousness, Creator or whatever context you have for Him, remember Him in all that you do and ask for guidance and protection.
I have moved to the UK from the US because I could stabilize here because the government had benefits that I could survive on for a while.  I have managed to become more independent over time and hope to be completely independent in time.  My goals are around writing and publishing.  I will also have some videos for you to watch and hope that nurses will follow my lead and as the song from Oklahoma said "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again!"   Meditate daily by sitting quietly and closing your eyes.  Focus your attention on the space between your eyebrows and watch whatever is before you.  Repeat the name of God that has meaning for you and you will find that once the mind is engaged with repeating God's name it will be stilled.
Let your friends know what business you are doing if it is sales for instance and ask them to buy products from you.  If you need help with what kind of business to start find out which ones offer entrepreneurial classes through your local library.  They will help you develop your ideas and translate them into a business plan.  I mentioned ways to fund a business in my last article and your can also find other resources through the Small Business Association.
Having the time to explore your potential is a positive thing and it's now up to you to make use of this time to broaden your horizons.  No one can limit your talents and your ability to earn money.  Show people your true character and rise up to the occasion and set the personal development steps you need in place.  Being able to transcend difficulties is something we have to learn and it comes down to having a positive attitude.  I recommend being very selective and conscious of who you associate with.  Make sure that you surround yourself with positive and supportive people who are motivated and don't sit around and say negative thing.  Words are extremely powerful and you want only to speak what you want to actually manifest and influence your life.  Always says good things about others or like your mother would have told you don't say anything at all!
I mentioned Jimmy Ezzell at the beginning of this article because he is someone who is living his dream and he once shared with me that he doesn't watch the news for instance because as we all know it contains mostly negative stuff.  Like Jimmy, read motivational books and spend time contemplating who you are and what life is about.  Journal daily and weed our your negative thoughts and behaviors like weeds in your garden as Jim Rohn my favorite leadership coach would say.  It's all about personal development and spiritual development.  Before you can know God you have to know yourself.  They go hand in hand.  Remember the stepping stone to spirituality is ethical living and that means being true to yourself also so do the things that are meaningful to you.
Perhaps like me, you have felt as a nurse that too much of what we do to help people actually is driven by the pharmacological industry and if you keep up with the news Kline, Smith and Glaxo is in the news again for unethical business practice now involving sales in China.
Children are often identified as ADHD after six years old when they enter the school system.  It's always a puzzle to me why teachers don't have to have a minor at least in psychology.  They need to know things like learning theories as Bandura outlined and how to motivate children and use behavior modification techniques in order to empathize and identify emotional problems in children.  There are four categories of learners for instance (Visual, Audio, Tactile and Kinaesthetic.)  Doesn't it sound likely that the learners who are visual (most of us are) don't get their attention distracted and can learn without other aides getting bored and labeled?  Like the saying goes "Those who think they know, don't know..."  Unfortunately the mental health system is too engaged with pharma and children pay the price.
I do hope that you will look at this apparent catastrophic event of having a state board investigation or discipline as an actual positive opportunity to pick your self up and start out on the most abundant and powerful course your life could take and seize the moment.  Don't let anyone rain on your parade!  You are unique and you have the power within to overcome any obstacle with God's grace.  Keep your inner energy or vibration high by constantly being grateful and having positive thoughts.
Please feel free to contact me lawrencerita511@gmail.com
My very best wishes are with you always, Rita

Monitoring your inner world.

Stress has its toll on us all during the season when schedules pick up pace to fit in family members and meet others expectations.  We normally try at some level we are capable or aware of in ourselves to help others around us to be happy.  It is a rare thing to find someone who would enjoy going out of their way to make us upset.  We are all on a continuum going toward the light in this life and finding liberation and others may not be in the same place as we are and have a different energy about them.  While we cannot avoid people completely it is always wise to limit our connection with others who are unable to respect us or treat us with a caring attitude.
I was stunned to find people who could not care for me during a recent trip nor have the insight to understand how their behavior had affected me.  I even had the person concerned try to put her arms around me as I sat in a chair and ignored her passing.  Such incredible lack of empathy and yet I know that it is because that is the level of understanding that person has and I accept that but it doesn't mean to say that I will continue to allow further circumstances to me in a similar situation again.  That is what drawing boundaries is about and we have to take care of ourselves first on the spiritual path.  It isn't about sacrificing our own good for others ignorance or lack of common courtesy.  I find some people get confused about caring for themselves on the spiritual path and putting other first.  I have done this with patient care in the context of the healing relationship when the person has a need for strength and support from the healing person.   Then I allow for the giving and direct my attention and energy to uplifting the person.  It is through my intention for their good and constant focus of mental, spiritual and physical efforts that a therapeutic and healing field occurs.  This relationship can be used with people from time to time but not when people are unwilling to grow but instead tirelessly repeat the same abusive behaviors.   Then I will "leave off," as a phrase that my Master uses to bring us out of meditation.
I explained to the lady who dropped me off at my home that I have certain standards and I don't break them or allow others to trample on them.  That is a core part of my being and I have earned my own self respect through years of learning that started out with the mental or psychological approach and later found the spiritual path that embraces the total self.  There is no going back and when I have to walk away from situations that have a quality that belongs in the past I know that God will support me and situations, people and things that serve my highest good will then manifest.  If we don't respect ourselves others won't either and our self respect is reflected in our total countenance.
T-F-B!  Remember this acronym because you will soon be able to monitor your thoughts, feelings and behaviors if you do!  The purer your thoughts the higher your vibration that is felt on the emotional or feeling level inside.  For instance when you experience mental anguish it is felt inside the soul or upper torso of the body where this energetic part of our being resides.  The solar plexus or center of gravity spot on our body will often feel a "hit" when someone throws an unkind word or thought our way.  It is through the spiritual shield that we can deflect from psychic attacks of others.  Our behaviors are like a reflex of our emotions that arise because of our thinking.  Behaviors will change as soon as thinking is made positive.
Once you are able to take a deep breath and center your mind on the area of your heart you will become attuned to your inner state.  Whenever you feel a downward spiraling of emotions do something simple like closing your eyes and breathing easy to relax and go inside with your total awareness.  Focus on the area of your heart.  Your soul will lead you and take you through the process necessary for you to find stillness and peace.  As you get to know your inner self you will be able to spend more time in harmony with your life because your vibes will attract higher vibes to you.  When you want to attract money think of money all the time and incorporate money into the realm of love that you live in.  It is better to arrive at a higher realm of existence and then draw in the material blessings that vise verse.  In my humble opinion.
I work as a Professional Life Coach and can be reached at lawrencerita511@gmail.com I require individuals to become vegetarian and find a spiritual path or follow your particular religion.  It is important to become initiated by a living Master and I recommend that you check www.sos.org for more information.

Introspection takes you deep inside the soul.

The journey is sometimes difficult despite the inner bliss.  The experience of uncaring and lack of compassion wrenches my soul and I have to look deeper inside my soul to see if there is a part of myself that is unhealed.  Why did an experience land me in a situation where I felt so vulnerable?  Trust is so open and the thrust of hurtful behaviors is like a gale force wind against a petal.  I have learned that I must ask more questions and when I see superficiality in others take note and not let them put me in a position where I become vulnerable.  I must reinforce boundaries.  I am normally very independent and until I have a legal matter dealt with I will have to get buy with having to depend on others.  Disrespect is something which I won't allow others to treat me as less worthy than I am.  It may mean severing relationships and being patient while I build my life back again.
I spent the past week with my Master, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj in Chicago.  I am planning to move to Chicago so that I can be near the Science of Spirituality Center in Naperville and spend as much time with Sant Rajinder as I can.  This life is an opportunity to liberate and I am going to do all in my power to make sure that happens with my Master's Grace.
For today I have to go through my goals and one of them is to write an outline to tie events together. I have truly been blessed and protected.  Now I must keep up the good fight as the saying goes.  I felt weighed down by others lack of compassion this past week and that low feeling can snowball.  I have meditated and rested since Saturday when I returned to KC.  There is a core part of me that will not allow others to disrespect me or mess me around.  I won't stand for it and that's the bottom line.  I have no tolerance for mistreatment and I can detach and release but I will not allow the same thing to recur.  My Master will be giving a program again on December 5th and I hope to be able to go.  Maybe I can combine it with an interview that I want with a hospital in Chicago.  God willing!
How is your life going dear ones?  If you are like me you will use a mantra or similar focus for spiritual energy to raise and stabilize when you get up in the morning.  We have what is called a Simran which is a set of words for God that works with each of the Shakras.  It is very powerful and given to the initiate by the Master.  You can go to www.sos.org for more information.
Many of you have had to get your lives back together following some kind of unexpected loss.  Mine has been a legal battle that has been won but now things need to be tied up and threats to my liberty and good name need to cease.  I write an intention daily and today I wrote out that I would speak truth to power and stand firm against oppressors.  No matter how big or who is involved self responsibility calls for action.  Inaction results in victimization and loss of all that life has blessed you with.  The latter is not acceptable to me and so I will stand firm.  Blessings are always given to me and I have been protected all along.
You too can call on God for protection.  Root your mind in scripture and work on the inside by opening up the heart and soul to your religion.  That is where having a spiritual Master makes a difference because the inner work of mysticism can only be accessed through spirituality.  The inner realms are where the connection with God can be experienced.  The purpose of this life is to make that connection.  Don't miss your chance.
I am going to work on my outline and send an email to someone who will work on my legal case.  I am blessed in every way.
I work as a Professional Life Coach and can be contacted at lawrencerita511@gmail.com  I require that individuals meditate daily and follow a vegetarian diet.  Your spiritual path is up to you but you must have one.

My prayer was answered!

Today I had a breakthrough with a situation I have written about that has caused me to be out of work for two years now.  If it wasn't for my faith I would be demoralized by the situation but I know from past experience that God has used me to reveal situations that would have continued to exists in the shadows.  Tyrants are in powerful places and ruining the lives of good people.  We have all seen it in various political arenas and now through this past election the tides are turning.

When you have a need, remember God and turn to Him for help.  Our own power is filled with God and He will always support you in your time of need.  I have been submitting prayers to the Shrine of St Jude lately.  I used to visit St. Jude's Shrine in Baltimore, MD when I worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital which was a short distance away.  I loved to light a candle in the alcove of the chapel and know that St. Jude would take care of my situation.  He is the Patron Saint of impossible causes and I have found myself in an impossible situation with a state agency.  Now that help is here I can sit back and let the process unfold.

As I underwent an investigation by an Attorney General in California I had to wait patiently to be cleared and then go through the Office of the Inspector General in DC.  It took a year and a half of waiting and I now have to get things taken care of because the board just hadn't finished with ruining my good name and professional standing.  Always use your resources as my teacher helped me to learn and I have found that there are resources out there - we just have to figure out a way of identifying and accessing them.  This is where I have found meditation to be most beneficial because it is in the quiet and stillness of the soul that you can hear God.  You will be guided to take certain steps through an inner knowing and ideas that will come to mind that make absolute sense.  Learn to listen to your inner soul and reserve time in your daily schedule for the regular practice of meditation.

I enjoy social networking so much and find the most uplifting stories and photographs of nature and animals that I love to share with everyone.  Some may not know their own self yet and not appreciate the connection with nature and the love for all yet.  Don't ever feel like retreating from your own self expression because of the lack of soul awareness in others.  Would the great teachers and Christ have stopped their work if they had been turned away?  No that is the nature of mankind to be self absorbed and unloving of God's world of nature and creatures in the world.  St. Francis of Assisi recognized the soul in animals and thought of them as his brothers and sisters.  Be open to finding a teacher who can open your heart and third eye which is between the eyes that is the center of our spiritual awakening and journey.  When in meditation you will be able to focus in this region and travel to the inner worlds that is filled with light and beauty.  My spiritual Master says that we need to be initiated by a living Master in order to start and complete the spiritual journey.

Your days are precious and life is for us to find our purpose in serving God.  A marine is a warrior who gives his/her heart and soul for country and today is the Marines birthday and I would ask that you say special prayers of thanks to them for their service to the United States of America.  Don't let the words of some weaken your faith in our country's goodness or greatness.  We have been blessed by God since the beginning and it is our duty as citizens to take our politicians back to a place of humility and understanding about our Founding Father's relationship with the Creator and how that is no different for us today.  The tea party movement is a good thing and I encourage you to join and participate.  Don't walk away from any challenge in life, let alone when your country is in need.

Work diligently in your work and if you feel burned out find ways to replenish yourself.  One hour of meditation is worth a thousand hours of sleep as one teacher used to say.  Find health through exercise, yoga, walking, swimming etc., and eat a vegetarian diet.  Follow me on Twitter.com/Langata145 to find vegetarian groups to follow and get some recipes for great food for the holidays.  Also have a new website for a natural antioxidant http://myrain.me/rita  Support your body that is the vessel for the soul to complete the spiritual journey.  Give up meat as soon as you can for moral and ethical reasons as well as for your health.

I work with people who wish to change and do something that is close and dear to their hearts with their lives.  I teach meditation and vegetarianism and that is a requirement for my work.  Please feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Focus on your intention

It is when I have to face daily challenges and overcome obstacles that I learn more about myself and my capacity to see situations through different prisms.  You have to be chrystal clear my teacher used to tell us about everything in your life.  God likes order and when we are aligned with His will in our lives we can achieve what we set out to do.  Have you noticed how much is coming out of the darkness and into the light these days?  That is because there has been a shift in the public awareness about corruption and how the government operates.  Remember the late Senator Stevens from Alaska who took his case to court following a trial about corruption.  He was able to present evidence to a Judge that the prosecutors in his case had actually been lying and this upset the Judge who exclaimed that in all the years of service he had not been lied to like this!  I believe that he was not as attuned to corruption as he is today and that is a similar trend with all of us.

The government has protection from being sued called sovereign law except in special circumstances and my bet is that the Senator found someone who made a statement about what was being done to criminalize him that was not legitimate.   I admire the Senator from Alaska and his family for standing up for their lives and reputation.  My teacher used to say that when a problem seems so immense that we feel overwhelmed by its power over us bring the problem into proportionate size as ourselves.  Also on the spiritual path there is only room for love and there is no fear.  Love to me isn't defined as a rag doll response to issues in life but a robust and confident response that reinforces your personal power and respect.  Gandhi is a role model whom I admire for his tenacity and ability to rally the forces against oppression.  I often like to use his quotes on http://www.Twitter.com/Langata145  You are welcome to follow.  Always remain positive in your thinking and outlook because "The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible." ~ author unknown.

When you have an issue in your life that you need to pursue be chrystal clear about your intention and meditate where you will find the answers come to you inside.  For example recently I have owed money to a lawyer and forwarded information to their collection person about a nursing agency that I had worked for in the summer that had not paid me.  The check was sent in the mail immediately and I then took it by the law firm office and signed it over to them.  Another check that was sent from my brother in law was not honored by him after my mother's death who had given it as a birthday gift.  My brother has lost the sight in one eye due to my sister punching him and I have kept in touch with him on a regular basis and informed him that that check is at the lawyers office for collection.  Responsibility is the ability to take action in any situation that takes your personal power back from those who would like to make you a victim.  That is responsibility in a nutshell.  The choice is yours.

My intention for today is to focus on correspondence and linking with key players who have been involved in a case that I have been dealing with for the past two years.  I always believe in the saying where there is a will there is a way and will is something that I have been writing about lately.  Stick to your guns, reload as Sarah Palin says and don't ever let anyone make you a victim.  Your personal power is the same power that makes up everything in the universe and that is the Power of God!  Don't diminish it by throwing away your self worth like pearls under the feet of pigs.  Take responsibility for your self respect, love and power today.

My background is in mental health and I now work as a professional coach.  I take clients who are committed to spiritual growth and incorporate their spiritual self into all aspects of life.  Their is no duality.  Please feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Will and determination

I wrote about having strong will and intention and from a Christian perspective I aroused speculation about the validity of having a strong will as part of a spiritual person.  I have always had a strong will and since I have been on the spiritual path I can center inside when I need to stand firm in highly charge emotional situations.  Having been brought up by a mother who was raised in a typical Victorian middle class manner in the early 1900's.  My mother was a competitive athlete who in her twenties became the Thames Champion for rowing.  Perhaps finding a way to mend bridges with me she described herself to me as "harsh" in the same way her mother had been.  Although my mother was strong she always became frustrated with me when I was able to keep my cool when punished.  Punishment could come in the form of scoldings which was an emotional abuse, to spanking and one time washing my mouth out with carbolic soap after she heard me repeat words that my brother was telling me to do, which was physical abuse.  I would have become a fragmented person had I taken her intrusions into my personal space and attacks at my integrity to heart.  I learned to resist and regroup emotionally and psychologically inside.  The centering that I am talking about takes place from the throat clear down to the lower abdomen to describe the anatomy of our psyche or soul.  No one ever taught me this directly but I had the natural instincts for survival early on in life.

Each trip to England to visit with my mother had the potential for abuse and I learned to cut short the visit and return to the US as an adult.  My oldest brother was sentenced to prison for a year after he was arrested and convicted of storing a suit case full of Marijuana in the attic of our mother's home where they lived together.  I returned to England to visit him in Wandsworth Prison which dates back to Dickens time and fits with the dark and miserable past rather than today.  The visit started inside a small cottage outside the walls of the prison where I was able to get registered to visit then proceeded through a sequence of check points and waiting areas before we finally reached the designated communal meeting area.

After the visit my sister took my mother and I to her home in St. George's Hill where she and her husband lived in a mansion inside a gated community.  It was a stark contrast to the sooty black old brick walls of Wandsworth Prison.  My brother was the first of four children born to my parents who lived in a region in Uganda where my father had worked for an Italian mine after WWII.  My mother lacked experience with infants and was visited by Catholic nun in their home to help her cope with the new baby.  She was told by the nuns that he was "lazy."  As a nurse I have heard the term used to describe an infant who lacks the necessary buccal muscle movements necessary to successfully feed from a nipple.  She applied the label out of context to account for where my brother's life had taken him.  I responded to her assertion by informing her about the real meaning of the term which triggered her rage toward me.  She seethed anger and shouted at me before abruptly leaving, telling my sister that she didn't want to see me anymore.  I recalled in that moment how I had felt as a child when I was shouted at and emotionally attacked by her.  I recalled how it felt as a child, like a shattering of my psyche.  Now as an adult I could immediately turn to a picture of my spiritual teacher that my sister had out in her living room and center my energy inside in one coherent and strong energetic mass.  I stayed calm and didn't get pulled in by the situation and the hysteria that followed from my sister about my having caused the reaction in my mother.  Even going so far as to accuse me of not being sensitive to her because as she went on to explain our mother felt that she had failed in her role with both our brothers as the younger brother had been murdered.

From a Christian perspective of will it is in context of applying God's will is in our lives.  God's will is always for divine order.  Even thought there is chaos in the universe and on this planet in terms of the destructive physical forces of nature there is also a reordering.  No matter how much we misuse the earth's resources the earth will restore its balance.  Someone said "We can be shaken off like a bunch of fleas!"  It is a common experience that people have wondering what is the right thing to do in any given situation or with our purpose for life and choices we make.  What you have to know is that God wants you to follow His moral commands and teachings.  I read books by my own spiritual teacher and have read many throughout the years I was with my first teacher.  You will learn how to develop your own good qualities and virtues.  There is a quality of living from a space of love.  My teacher emphasizes ethics in our lives and positive thinking and striving to become free from any negative thoughts or malintentions toward others.  When you are doing the right thing in context of being within the framework of your religious and spiritual teachings added to the ethical principles that you can apply in life you will align with the will of God. 

When I spoke about my own will I mean that I am strong in my will be aligning my soul with God and closely following the teachings of my particular path and inner guide.

I am a Professional Life Coach and welcome comments from readers.  I am available to work with individuals who wish to change their lives through first connecting with their spiritual self and following a chosen spiritual path.

I promote vegetarianism, meditation and introspection.  The following links may be helpful to you.
www.rainnutrition.com
www.SweetestVegan.com
www.sos.org

Fear of Rejection!

Rejection is a painful experience that we all experience from time to time.  For some it becomes a barrier to relationships because the fear of abandonment and rejection are so intense that they fail to expand their consciousness.  What happens when we are rejected?  We fear that we are not worthy, or that we are stupid or unlovable.  These are core values that I have written about before.

Fear of abandonment is an inner obstacle to being in perfect harmony within.  You can live an empowered life through connecting your soul with your Higher Power.  When the feeling hits it is normally felt in the chakra or energy center at about the level of the stomach.  Everyone who has felt this feeling will know how draining it is.  Breath into the feeling and close your eyes.  Vulnerability is a very real sensation that can be overcome when you connect with your soul.  I will write a short plan that will guide you in dealing with unexpected rejection so that you can practice and over time you will go into a mode of transcendence.  It is a process that takes place over time when you meditate daily.  The ego or small "I" identification becomes absorbed into the same power that you share with God that is your very own soul with meditation and under the guidance of a spiritual master. 
Plan
Your reaction:  Shock and sense of betrayal at being rejected by one whom you trusted.
What to do:  Take several deep breaths and sit in a comfortable position with your eyes closed.  Try to allow your heart to be still with the breath and let your mind calm down.
Your reaction:  Tense body posture and racing thoughts about why that person did what they did that leaves you with a feeling of victimization.  You will learn new ways of coping from every situation in your life as your build up your tools of transcendence.  It takes practice and situations can become learning labs for personal development.  It all depends on how you want to look at it.
What to do:  I have written previously about responsibility being an attitude that takes you into an active mode thus empowering your inner state.  You won't dwell in the victim mode.  Your first reaction or attitude should be one of the following: anger at one end of the scale to detachment at the other.  How do you get there?  It is all in how you hold the energy of your thoughts.  Your body will respond to the situation in the way you tell it to.  We store stressful emotions like anger in our body and it causes our body pH to become acidic.  Your attitude can be of allowing the other person to be the way they are.  Focus your thoughts on your own good.  They might in fact be doing you a favor by showing you their true colors before you shared something more sensitive with them than on their facebook wall. 
Your reaction:  Renuminating over the incident.  It is a typical habit for our minds to keep going over some senario in our lives and we keep the tape playing over and over in our minds. 
What to do:  When you observe yourself doing this say to yourself literally "drop it!"  This kind of behavior is learned and a way of coping that isn't going to benefit you in any way.  Let this new experience be an opportunity to learn to let go and move on.
Your reaction:  Feeling guilt and blame for the person's rejection of you.  When guilt arises it is because you have a behavior pattern that needs to be addressed.  Sometimes it goes back to how we were treated as children.  Some parents believed in shaming children as part of bringing the will of the child under control. With responsibility for how we respond to situations there is no room for blame.
What to do:  Again this is another opportunity for introspection and knowing yourself.  Journaling is the best tool for accessing our thoughts and feelings even those that you might be more conscious of expressing through the spoken word.  Let the pen roll and let your feelings go!  You may find that there are people whom you want to forgive and let go of their emotional hold on you.  If it involves family members you may take out photographs and write a prayer that releases their particular relationship from you.  Light a candle as you say your prayer.  You may have to repeat this ritual.
Your reaction:  Embarrassement.  It is natural to feel self conscious as part of identification with the small ego.  It likes the feelings that it has been accostomed to having you emotionally debilitated by. 
What to do:  Transcending the smaller identification is something that you will grow to appreciate because the more you practice the more you will live in the soul that it empowered by God.  As you get used to a more uplifting state you will notice when you are being pulled to the feeling level that has been more evident in your psyche.  You can then shift inside through taking yourself through a series of steps like those described.  Find what works for you.

David Bowen wrote a theory that was based on the level of anxiety in a family and that determines our enmeshment or detachment in relationships.  Particularly as we get older we have spent more time becoming more true to who we really are.  Adolescents attempt to look different on the outside as a sign of rebellion but they do not have the emotional maturity to feel comfortable in their own skins and depend on their peers for validation still.  The more authentic you become, others will view you as less like them and thus you will experience their rejection.  This is an inevitable outcome and the stakes are high because you can choose to stay in the comfort zone of being accepted by your family or group or of evolving into who you truly are without reservation or fear about who that is.

Live from the heart.

Having spent many years on the spiritual path I am very attuned to other's energy and their tone and choice of words which can be truly a challenge for me.  I realize that it is perhaps a cultural thing that people can seem pushy and lack true empathic linking with another.  My background in psychiatric nursing and my education also plays a role.  I am protective of myself and normally don't engage with people until I know a bit more about them for these reasons.

I received an expected phone call related to a program that was being offered on a social network site.  Because I am working as a Professional Life Coach I was interested in learning but did not know the cost involved which was a barrier for me at this time.  I was the first one to put the discussion into a business context by asking what her work was.  She seemed a little surprised but I knew that at that point I had taken over control.  She informed me of her own success and that of her partner before asking me if I was happy with my life and lived where I wanted.

I realise that much is written about material thinking and bringing success through energetic work.  It's OK and I know that our lives have to be in balance to bring the things we desire.  I do believe that we are destined to go through karma that we would not know about but in order to clear it from our slate have to go through events to get ourselves cleared of the past burdens, even from previous lifetimes.  As a devotee of a Spiritual Master I have absolute trust that I am in the right place in my life for what I need to learn and develop and that struggling against what is doesn't bring harmony that is needed to attract prosperity.

I have had two Spiritual Teachers and my original Teacher opened my heart and since the time that I was under her direction I have led my life from my heart.  My current teacher relates to our everyday lives with an emphasis on ethics and application of right action in our lives.  We are taught to be accountable for every action and thought that we have that is negative and keep a journal record to send to him if we wish.  This is how we grow by going deeper into our self and having true understanding about who we are.  We can skip the rudimentary basics of spirituality as "boot camp" so to speak and jump into the luxury realm of life.  This is where people truly get burned and turn to other ways of coping to feel love, joy, peace etc. though alcohol and drugs.  Of course it wouldn't be everyone who would handle success this way but the risk is high if you don't have the spiritual growth to ground you. 

For now I have made my way through legal battles to do with my career.  It has been a set back in one sense but has been a boon in another.  I met my Teacher a year ago and have spent time with him in Chicago.  I have been reading and writing and following political events on line.  Just today I signed up to write for an online news publication under the category of children and family.  I have worked most of my career with children and adolescents and love to help people find joy in their family life.  It takes commitment in any relationship to feel joy even with yourself.  My Teacher used to tell us that we had to "unearth the joy."  We are conditioned to believe that happiness is outside ourselves and we have elevations in mood when we buy new goods or do well on exams etc. but this is temporary joy and doesn't reach the level of bliss.  Your God is at home right now in your heart!  Open the door and let Him in!!

Whatever work God has given you to do be completely absorbed in it and offer your total self.  If it is money that motivates you it will not bring you the happiness that you will have for the love of your work alone.  Always go the extra mile for people.  Someone I know shared a picture of his presentation at an important meeting regarding a voting rights issues.  I know that he can give his total all to this project because he was able to share his experience so openly and when you do that other's connect with you.  It takes a vulnerable nature to keep going out into the world of stone hearted people and demonstrating how to care.  It can be done and carrying the light is what some have been given to do.  Let your light shine and light others lights on the way!

Life is such a beautiful journey with many turns and unexpected events.  Learn everything you can from your religion and live the way you are taught.  I have found that my love for Christ has deepened since studying with Spiritual Master's who have helped me with my own inner journey.  Being vegetarian is a necessary component of spiritual transcendence and my Master asks "Why make your body into a graveyard?"  I hope to become active through writing to stop factory farming which is about the most evil thing I have seen.  See the video "Food.Inc."

Know that no matter how your life looks right now it's in a process and God is in control.  Keep your goals written down and work toward them everyday.  Say prayers.  If doors are closed and not easy to open don't try to force them open.  Find another way to earn a living and thank God for His protection.  Seek a spiritual mentor and Life Coach who can help you find the right path for you.  Someone who has gone ahead of you and knows the effort involved and courage that it takes to encounter the spiritual path.  It is not for the faint hearted but God will get you to the goal of Liberation.  That is the goal of mankind and our purpose for being. 

Sleep well tonight and sweet dreams.  Think of all those who love you before you go to sleep and know that angles surround you while you sleep.

My work is as a Professional Life Coach.  Please contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

No sorrow with the past.

Recently I have read a book about a wild life conservationist in Kenya, Joan Root whose life was dedicated to filming and documenting how the animals lived.  She was a mother to several orphaned wild animals at her home on the shore of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley.  She married young and as sometimes happens in middle age her husband chose to live with someone new and left her to take care of the home, land and animals that her life had been built around.

This story was particularly near to my heart because I too am from Kenya and used to care for wild animals when they were injured or sick as a child.  My sister and I took care of a gazelle or small animal that would resemble a fawn in America.  We fed the little creature with a baby bottle and were highly protective or it's environment.  We also took in a little monkey at the same time that we were staying on a friend of my parent's farm at Lake Rudolph near the border with Somalia. 

This was the first chapter in my life and my memories are still vivid.  I no longer can be around the people or events that were the norm for me yet even reading about similar stories brings me back to how my life started out in Africa.  There is an African saying that where you are born is your soul's home and that understanding makes it important for African American's who are decendants of slaves to revisit the site in Madagascar where they were shipped to the New World.  The ties with our soul's home are real and strong and cannot be brushed aside or put away in our psyche.

The difference now is that I am in terms of life events on my third chapter of the book.  After my father died of cancer in Kenya my mother moved us to an English village where she had grown up.  In my early thirties I moved to the United States and now am back in the Mid West where I started.  I have a grand son and roots here now.  Although I have a brother in England with whom I contact on a fairly frequent basis I will stay in the United States as long as I can.  The past becomes like a dream and it doesn't bring the pain and anguish that it once did.  This is the beauty of a spiritual life.  You shed all the ego's heaviness and attachment to people and objects.  You are completely freed from pain and that was my experience.  Living in the present is a joy because whatever happens is like watching consciousness passing by or an old movie being replayed.  There is no attachment to anything now but mindful effort to do things to the highest standard that I possibly can.

Sorrow is part of the ego.  It is natural and a person would feel compassion for anyone who feels sorrow.  My Teacher has pointed out that when we have a choise to transcend and allow whatever happens to us happen without any movement of feeling in response to the outcome.  This is harmony and balance taken to a higher level.  We can mindfully equate different areas of our lives and bring them into balance and harmony.  Taking that a step further we learn to see all as equal and that keep the balance sustained during times of trial and tribulation.  The term that my Teacher has used is Equipoise.  This is the goal of yoga to be in harmony whether ourlives are looking good or not.  When we get to the point that we are not saddened by the times when we don't have what we want - usually for me that has been money we keep the joy inside.

I mentioned before that I have been told to look upon people who cause difficulties in our lives as Angles.  If we are not exposed to people who are able to arouse some negative response inside they are doing us a favor because we wouldn't be aware we still had those issues left inside.  All the things that cause disequilibrium are attachments and you will be given opportunities under the Grace of a Master to free yourself from them.  You joy is yours and that feeling of bliss is the fruit of your spiritual labor.  Treasure what you have and don't give it up when someone acts in a way that is distressing to you.  Keep your mind focused on the area of the heart and you will reach that same level of bliss that you will experience in meditation when you are wide awake and engaged in life.


I recommend that you meditate daily, follow a vegetarian diet and journal.  You will soon make progress and when you meet your Master for spiritual initiation you will be truly ready for the journey to liberation.

I work as a Professional Life Coach and my passion is to assist people to develop spiritually and from that optimal space inside attain their goals in life.  Please feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

We the people know best.

I have lived half my life in a socialist country and came to America to find opportunity and an environment that would support my personal growth.  I chose to pursue higher learning so that I would better understand my work with people with psychiatric illness.  At the same time as I was expanding my nursing knowledge I was also undergoing a spiritual transformation.  I spent many years with my first Teacher in a mountain retreat in upstate New York.  I reached a point where I had achieved a certain level of spiritual attainment where the truths in situations were very evident to me.  I think that we all experience an inner knowing in our intuitive self that resonates with the truth and leaves us ill at ease when there are things that are wrong for us.  So on the one hand I was ready to do more with my education, but on the other hand I had a deep understanding of what was right for me.  I felt confident with my own assessments and diagnoses and when working with children and adolescents who were prescribed strong psycho-stimulants, I realized that I could not get a big enough pay check to make me do something that I knew was not for the children's good.

Since then I have provided therapy in private practice and owned a nursing agency.  I am now working as a Professional Life Coach.  In this role I assist individuals who seek to make their life better to find the changes that are necessary to make their dreams come to life.  My background in mental health makes me especially suited to this kind of work.  I also am in a position to help individuals explore their spiritual development and recommend meditation and vegetarian diet as two necessary components that form the platform for self growth.  In my experience our lives are propelled and empowered through our spiritual self and relationship with God or our higher power.  Whatever a person's religion is they should stay and deepen in relationship with their God.  Religion and spirituality are separate in that spirituality is about the relationship with God and how that can be manifest and experienced through meditation, nature and a desire to become one with God.  Religion on the other hand has laws and rules that have been taken from the particular teachings and restrain the individual from a deeper experience of God.  Yesterday I read an article about a Southern Baptist Minister who condemned yoga as non-Christian.  Stephanie Dillon who teaches yoga responded, "My objection (to Mohler's view) personally is that I feel that yoga enhances a person's spirituality...I don't like to look at religion from a law standpoint but a relationship stand point, a relationship with Jesus Christ spiritually." 

Having been in the company of two Indian Spiritual Teachers for many years I have seen people from all faiths come to them for the experience that results from initiation or spiritual awakening.  These enlightened beings actually vehicles for the Grace bestowing power of God  that allows for our own spiritual journey to unfold.  The experience is different for each of us but none the less your initiation will be remembered by your own unique inner experience.  The spiritual path under the direction of a Master guarantees that you will be guided to enlightenment or oneness with God.  In that state you are free from all the attachments, troubles and strife of the limited ego.  Your intuition will be expanded to the point that it acts as a screen or filter for incoming data.  Your senses become atuned and heightened through regular practice of meditation.  Things that were part of your life that are not good for you will fall away.  It won't be like giving up a painful addiction.  People whom you have associated with who are negative will not want to be around you.  They may perhaps attempt to sabotage your new life but will give up when they see you moving on toward the light.

Thoughts are powerful and words have power to create and destroy.  It is important to monitor your thoughts.  And that doesn't mean that you don't recognize danger and call a spade a spade.  You are not given a power to weaken you and make you vulnerable to those who would do you harm.  Instead your strength grows and you can move forward no matter how difficult the odds may appear.  You will learn to use your higher cortex and be less reactive from the limbic system of the brain.  Pause before you react to something.  If you are reacting pay attention to what it is about the situation that makes you respond emotionally.  Don't ignore what is going on around you.  My Teacher cautioned us that the warning signs of abuse are there for us to see and asked why we choose not to see them?  One of the things that impressed me about Geert Wilders Berlin speech was that he spoke about our attitues of denial and apathy toward the oppression that is a threat to the West from Islam is like the Berlin Wall - it needs to be recgonized and torn down. 

President Obama went to Berlin and although he drew a large crowd who wanted to know about his message of hope he has very little to say about the substance of hope.  It leaves people hanging with the expectation that they are going to be elevated by his policies and motivations.  Life is not like that.  You can have high ideals and aspirations but they have to be put into action in order to make real for everyday lives.  In the same way as most of you will be familiar with the Bible pay attention to what God's word has to say.  God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.  Steep your consciouness in God's guidance and promises.  We are in the midst of change not the kind that President Obama's message of hope was about.  We are in the process of having the light shined into all the nooks and crannies and what is evil will be revelied.  "There is nothing hidden that will not be exposed; nothing concealed that will not be known and brought to light." (Luke 8:17)  We are in for some turbulent times because people who would do our country harm have an attitude of entitlement and have used our national characteristic of openess and acceptance as a way to further their agenda to dominate.  "Be on your guard; stand frim in the faith; be men of courage; be strong." (ICor 16:13) 

These texts from the Bible are to awaken you to pay attention.  Do not be discouraged but know that the victory over evil has already been paid for and won.  Your job is to stand firm and speak out when you can.  Your family is here today because you had ancestors who were strong and could overcome circumstances that threatened their lives.  In the same way today we have Islam that is threatening our culture and existence as we know it today.  We need to stand firm against outside threats that try to attack our way of law and government.  We have 11 South American Countries trying to take Gov. Jan Brewer to court over the Arizona laws to try to bring illegal immigration under control along the unsecured border.  These days there is no time to sit on the fense.  Know right from wrong and vote for the people who will protect US citizens.  Recently there was a woman whose nephew had been murdered by an illegal immigrant in LA.  She reported that while only one Congressman who was a Republican supported her wish to speak before a committee about the 30 murders that are taking place each year by illegal immigrants she was denied the opportunity by the Democrats.  They should be ashamed of themselves for having a comedian speak to them about illegal immigration.  What a dog and poney show that was!  Washington has reached new depths in cess pool hygiene and it stinks all the way out across the praries.

In conclusion, don't be discouraged and don't go about your life half asleep.  Your liberties and freedoms can be taken from you.  They are only guaranteed when you fight to protect them.  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. - Supreme Court Justice said "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving - we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor be in anchor."  Sail on my friends and be the captain of your ship.

Being pulled back by the past.

Most of us have the feeling of being pulled back by the past.  It may be memories that are sweet and full of the magic that made an aspect of our lives more vivid.  Such as attending a beautiful ceremony, listening to an opera with a great tenor or something that captivated our soul.  Most of us however, are drawn back into the past because we feel the longing to complete an aspect of our lives such as a broken relationship.  Unresolved conflicts with loved ones who were cruel to us that we hang onto because that pain has found a perfect home within us and it's easier to keep a feeling that is familiar than learn how to clear the negativity from our consciousness.  They don't have to exist because quite simply they don't exist any longer.  It is your minds propensity to drag you down that never ending spiral of negative emotions when we start to recall the past.

It is not a blocking, denying or suppressing that I am talking about.  It is an inner clearing and recognizing when negative emotions grab our inner soul and turn our inner experience into one of pain and anxiety.  When you go back into a bad memory all of the emotions associated with the occurrence are rekindled and the more you allow your mind to take you back the faster the experience will recreate and the more intense the feelings.  The reverse also true.  Once you are able to clear inner negative junk that has accumulated from past experiences through meditation and other spiritual practices such as prayer and mantra repetition called jappa you will be able to monitor your inner state and immediately recognize and respond when negative thoughts occur or a negative feeling attaches itself to your inner state. 

Set aside at least half an hour daily to meditate.  Choose an area that will be undisturbed and keep it clean and prepared for meditation.  As you sit there and meditate regularly the energy or power that you tap into in meditation will accumulate thus making it easier to go into meditation.  Please see my Youtube.com meditation tape for instructions.  Your mind will come up with all kinds of reasons why not to meditate and when you sit to meditate it will chatter and your body may ache.  Let it all take its course as it will eventually go away as your heart becomes lighter and full of love.  The heart rules the mind and you are in control of your mind and emotions.  It takes a disciplined practice to walk the spiritual path but your choice is to stay at the level of pain due to spiritual contraction or to follow the teachings of liberated Master's who can show you the way.  When I taught adolescents in a detention center how to meditate I used the analogy of what it's like to keep walking into a brick wall and then realizing that life can be approached differently.  It's up to you when the time is right you will want to change.

Things that you can do to focus your mind on positive things when you wake up is to keep a picture of your higher power by your bed so that you connect visually with that Being before you have time to think of anything negative.  Repeat the name of your higher power or mantras that you have been given by a Master.  Breath deeply and easily and thank God for the new day.  Gratitude is an uplifting spiritual practice.  One practice that I have done and found beneficial is to picture my Master's feet above me in the shower.  In the East the feet of the Guru are conduits for God's power or Shakti to pour out to the devotee.  That is why Indian's touch the feet of the master and some worship the sandals or padukas that represent the Guru's feet.  Know that you are being cleansed of all past actions as the power of the Master's feet flow down to you and all negativity's are washed away in the water from your body.  Grow in silence.  Learn to be quiet with God.  That means not having the television or radio on even as background noise.  The more you are silent and the less your senses are pulled outward the more you will connect with your heart.

If you have a particular issue with someone that is causing you inner distress try to go inside and ask yourself to identify what it is that needs to be resolved.  Journal after meditation and what that you experience in meditation will come up if you need to work on particular issues.  Try to resolve problems with relatives and friends and if they are not open to discussing the issue then you will have to pray and release them from your life.  You cannot win every person or battle in the way you would like to end things.  People can have control over many aspects of your life.  They can steal your money for instance or try to do you out of an inheritance as has happened in my family but they cannot change how I respond with detachment and love.  This Power that we possess likes to be in harmony and if people cause disharmony it won't be something that we can live with.  Especially as we are developing on the spiritual path it is good to stay in good company with others who are also on the spiritual path.  For enlightened Master's they can handle the bad karma and energy of people.  Learn to be protective of your own Power.

Your diet is a key component for your spiritual development.  Choose foods that are full of life and have the energy giving force in them still.  I have often seen people eat vegetables that look wilted.  How can that possibly charge your cells?  Become mindful about all that you expose your body to.  That means buying clothes and products that have not been produced by way of harming animals.  In the health food stores there are many organic products that are non-animal tested.  Be aware of the harm caused through dies.  I am a nurse and a patient told me that his great toe and bone became infected due to wearing socks with a dye that got under his toe nail.  If you can wear organic cotton socks with natural dyes.  Gradually your consciousness will want to choose these things for now be mindful and decide what you can give up.  If you can eat only vegetarian foods.  If you buy animal produce Wal-Mart buys from farmers who allow the animals free range.  Buy locally if possible from farmers markets and select the heirloom fruits and vegetables.  The usual store varieties and genetically modified and there are questions about the risks to our health.

Be gentle with yourself.  Learn to structure your day and keep to routines.  Cook for yourself instead of eating out and enjoy the simple foods.  Rest and keep to a regular sleep pattern that will support you spiritually as you meditate and connect with your heart and higher cortex of the brain.  You have been used to responding to emotions that can be brought under control.  Keep to the practices and you will reap the fruits of your efforts because you will have the Grace of your higher power to support you.

Please feel free to contact me at: lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Success is now!

Many people rush toward the goal of achieving success and miss what is expressed by the saying "Stop and smell the roses."  Success is often eluded to as something that is a little beyond our reach and "waiting for us around the corner."  Being in the present moment will draw you attention to what is at hand.  It is the little things that make the big things that create the big picture - beautiful landscape r cozy house.  Really make it anything that you want but don't make yourself limited by your mind's ideas.  You mind may be inclined to have a room with a low ceiling that doesn't allow you to grow tall.  Make that room a huge area with an open glass ceiling to see the sky above.

Always start with clearing what is inside you.   Ask yourself what is creating a negative vibration that is repelling the success that you are working to materialize?  It could come from sources such as resentment, anger or greed.  Whatever it is you are the only one who can identify it and uproot it from your psyche.  You may need to start with counseling depending on where you are.  Always meditate because meditation is a means of connecting with the Universal Power that brings issues to the surface, without having to mentally examine the root causes.  I would advise you not to take medication if they are offered but to stay with the feelings that arise and let them pass through you.  Only if you are ever at a point of having thoughts of suicide or self harm do I advise that route.  And if you take medication before you learn to clear thought the process of meditation, thus increasing your brains ability to function at a higher frequency its obviously okay because it won't be permanent as you gain more traction on the spiritual path.  As you learn to associate the feeling with its root cause you will find that it will loose its grip or power over you.  Pretty soon you will anticipate when you will switch back into some negative association in response to an external event and be able to escape the whole process with a smile and perhaps a laugh at what once caused you anguish and despair.

Don't spend an enormous amount focusing on the negative but keep your hope on the future that lies before you.  Know that by staying in the present moment you will accomplish your objectives that will lead toward your goals.  If you begin to worry that the future will somehow not provide the positive outcomes that you plan on look at why that question is coming up for you.  Is it because of some tangible force or shift in circumstances outside your control.  For example the stock market might not be returning profits for the type of industry that your company represents.  There is no harm in pausing and gathering facts.  Hire a consultant if you need to who will lend a second opinion.  Always read the news and stay abreast of public policy as this affects us all and especially small businesses.  Become politically active and contact your Representatives and Senators whenever you have a concern about policy that can affect your business adversely.  Join organizations that have similar customers, goods or services who can help through being a resource.  Learn how to use your intuition and if you gut feeling is not to do something don't do it until it feels right.

What others say about you personally and as a business owner will impact your success.  Whenever you are in public always remember to be on stage and not to let your tongue get away from you.  There is a term that people in the hospitality business learn - on stage and off stage behaviors.  Until you are in a safe spot or with trusted friends be sure to keep your conversations in safe proximity. You want to be able to project an image that says you are trustworthy and are bound to your principles and virtues.  If you say a kind word to someone that person will always think of you with compassion.  Give to others as you would want them to give to you, as Jesus taught.  When you want to leave an impression in the world make it a good one.  It is much harder to try to salvage the damage that can be caused by a thoughtless rebuke of someone whom you considered insignificant.  You never know how much unofficial power and influence a person holds.  Take for instance a twitter follower.  A person may contact you directly and you may be someone with power and importance and drop that follower for their direct approach.  Who is the looser here?  That person who might not be a political player themselves can have thousands of followers and be a useful support to your business or campaign.  See things in perspective.  Nobody is to small to fail in God's eyes.

Marketing is a key component to success and it takes time to develop relationships.  Don't push to hard to recruit new customers.  Trust that when you put out the best product or service people are going to be able to find you.  Nothing is quite as fast as wild fires and word of mouth.  I read a book a few years ago on the  Grapevine as a marketing strategy that is used by companies who employ people to go out into the public and speak well of their products.  Most of us know who important it is to get a referral when we are looking for a lawyer or dentist for instance.  It puts our minds at ease if someone has a relationship with the person whom we need to obtain goods or services from.  Social network sites have allowed a forum in which we can get to know people over time.  Really get to know your client's well.  Chat with them on line and find out about their lives.  Coach, Tommy Spaulinding coined the term "Return on Relationship."  Just like a farmer who plants the seeds that will grow in response to environmental conditions, you are creating your wealth seeds through relationships.  Each interaction and each helpful gesture that you plant will grow.  Whoever you have influenced positively will look to your company for information or results when the need arises.  Make sure that you have done the ground work with your relationships and enjoy the financial rewards of providing services and goods at the best standards possible.

Your personal life plays a role in your success.  You may be motivated to meet your family's developmental milestones such as buying a home, providing vacations and sendidng kids to college.  Raising children is probably the heaviest financial undertaking that we take.  During your years of raising a family make sure that you are spending time with them.  Make your motto "I like my family better than money."  I watched a television program about Donald Trump and while his blended family members could report that he was a good provider there wasn't any real meaning to their relationship beyond that.  You will have to ask yourself whether you can get up earlier and attend breakfast meetings to accommodate leaving the office to see your kid play in little league.  Prioritize with your family as a focal point.  Spend time with your children each day.  Even for the financailly well off their children are at risk of being deprived of the love and security that can only be learned through contact with parents as role models.  Hire a nanny to spend time with your kids while you and your spouse spend some time together on trips.  Make it a fun time for your kids by planning some local trips with their nanny in your absence.  When your home life is in harmony with your business or professional life you will facilitate and magnify abundance in your life.  Use the model of the four goals of life to evaluate and contemplate how harmonious the areas are: wealth, health, knowledge and liberation (or self-actualization.)

I recommend that you spend a recommended amount of time exercising daily.  I promote yoga because it keeps the body subtle and doesn't put stress on joints.  Whatever you choose is going to work for you because your body needs to be maintained just like the engine of a Porche.  Yoga poses unite your body with the intention that the pose was created.  Yoga poses often use animals and nature to illustrate our own body's needs.  For instance I like the mountain pose because it helps me stand firm in my life and feel grounded.  Find a yoga studio or class near you and committ to a series of physical and inner transformations.  Someone whom I have taken classes from in the past when I visited my Meditation teacher is John Friend.  Check his website for videos etc. to help you with this amazing practice.  Be mindful of what you expose your senses to by not indulging in things that are of a lower nature and I think that you will get my jest without my having to spell it out for you.  When you take in negative qualities through exposure to wrong use of body, hurts your spiritual development.  Don't think that you are free from the effects of the wrong that others participate in because your are viewing it only.  Not so! 

Keep regular hours for sleep and wake up early to meditate.  The early hours are auspicious as the earth is still and that makes it easier to go within.  Learn to use the breath to guide you into meditation.  Breath in deep and long and exhale completely.  Oxygen is essential for life and the more we can get to our cells the better our bodies will be.  Eat vegetarian foods.  Today I received an email claiming that it was a plot from the left to promote vegetarian foods.  I am conservative and don't have to know anything more than from my own experience of being vegetarian has made my intestines clean and body healthier.  I am against factory farming and the inhumane slaughter of animals.  Once you realize the sacredness in all life you will not want to harm other forms of life much less eat them.  Instead join animal rescue organizations and see how these farm animals relate to humans.  If you like your own dog or cat you will like how pigs and goats love you too!  Don't shun what is best for your own good because of your social conditioning.  Learn vegetarian recipes and enjoy eating in a way that promotes health and reverses illnesses such as coronary artery disease as Bill Clinton has recently shared.

Have gratitude for your many blessings that are showered on you throughout the day!  Be at peace and mind the words you use.  I will discuss more about the power of words tomorrow.  Feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Moving with the Power within.

One of the most enjoyable scenes from the Bible is that of King David as he danced his way into Jerusalem (I hope that's the correct city.)  Anyway David had a penchant for getting into the groove with God.  He understood God and he could resonate with God's vibrational frequency.  There is a type of Meditation called Sound and Light Meditation and it's just what it says - it connects you with the sound and light vibrations within once you are initiated by the Master.  Through the Grace and guidance of a Master your own frequency of light and sound becomes attuned to that of God.  With liberation you remain emersed at the same vibrational frequency level of God all of the time.

The more pure your own frequency becomes, the more divine sounds you will hear.  David was experiencing these divine sounds as his feet danced and his robes flapped and twirled  about his body. God has the kind of power that fills our body and soul with so much joy and energy that it's only expression comes through the dance like David did on that day.  He must have been a good looking guy with his long golden hair perhaps and sweat pouring off his brow.  He would have been muscular and agile reminding me of a Michael Angelo statue.  Servant women lined the path to cheer him on, perhaps giggling and gaping at the beauty of his movement and flashes of his loins.  Later when he got to his home or palace, his wife was waiting.  She was angered by his open display of his private parts to all the servant women in the city, and scolded him for his brazenness.  That scene ended their relationship because his wife didn't understand him.  His dance was about his love for God, and the power that flowed through him was so powerful that it moved his body and soul.  He was totally in the present and it was totally about his togetherness or oneness with God.

I like total abandonment to God and it's up to others if they wish to judge - farewell my friend!  I would rather be called mad for God.  Yet you must be sincere with your love for God.  If not, who do you think you're fooling?  Don't you think that God could sense David's fervor?  I hope that we all move our bodies and feel the Power of God's Love and Majesty in every movement.  Taking care of our bodies and being agile and athletic as David was, is a worthy goal that God will support you in achieving.  We all have our karma to deal with in life.  Some of you may actually be burdened with some physical illness and I hope that you will still try to reach your potential.

Bill Clinton has a tape which I have posted on this site.  He shares how he is undoing the damage that he caused his body through vegetarian diet which allows the body to unclog the arteries.  I recommend vegetarian diets because I have found it to be a very clean way of keeping the intestines clean.  Also you don't absorb the antibiotics and steroids that they feed to live stock.  If you haven't already done so please watch "Food, Inc."  (posted on this site.)  We are supposed to be a civilized society and when I saw how factory farms operate and the cruelty that is done to the animals it breaks my heart.  The slaughterhouses are like something out of hell.  Is this what you are looking to energize your body that is a vessel for God?  My Teacher asks "Why do you want to make your body into a graveyard?"

I like business and have always thought that people should be able to earn as much money as they desire.  Business creates the potential for wealth and as long as you tithe and take care of your loved ones, money is a blessing.  Whenever you are stingy with money it shrinks your capacity for love and contracts your experience of the power of abundance.  Generosity is always the higher path and even if it's a little bit it's always a good thing to give.  If you run a business be aware of what is going on with your customers and don't just take from them.  If you live from the heart you will do this naturally.  Let's all strive for abundance and create opportunities in our lives where we can "go for it" as the saying goes.  Create an avenue for your business to serve your community.  For instance Office Max sponsors "Adopt a Classroom," so that children will get the school supplies they need.  Tommy Spaulding a famous Coach impacted they way people network.  His philosophy was always to serve those you were wanting to be your clients and take the relationship to a higher place through getting to know your client's lives thoroughly.  It takes effort and a desire to connect on a deeper level.  He called his networking "netgiving" because the focus was always on the client's needs and giving them what they needed and more by going the extra mile.  As the saying goes "Just do it!"  Your heart may not be as open to this idea as you would like but the more you step out into the realm of generosity, more will come back to you.  That is a natural law of the universe.  Make your intention clear about your desire, then release it.  If you hold onto the intention it will become the focus instead of the process that is about to unfold that will bring blessings to you.

Ask yourself what is your deep passion.  What do you need to "go for it?"  David didn't hold back and he didn't take a berating from his wife either.  It is important to know yourself through self-enquiry and journaling.  When you are confident about who you are you can be a pillar of strength for others who need you to help them grow.  If you are in business it is your responsibility to deliver all that you say you will and do it in a loving and courteous way.  If you are doing something that you don't like try to build a business up on the side and when it is more fully developed you can maybe switch.  Keep your enthusiasm high by preparing and always honoring whatever you are called or asked to do.  Like David don't let anyone rob you of your power.  Follow the advise of one of the world's greatest power brokers, Mahatma Gandhi, "I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."

The week is ahead of you now and it's important to write your goals out.  Write a long term goal for the month and split it up into measurable weekly or short term goals.  Stay focused on your projects and keep working day and night to get the job done.  Excellence is the key to getting referrals.  When people speak highly of your work they will be bound to tell others.  The process is character building for you and motivating when you get as Spaulding coined "Return on Relationships."  Who gets up thinking of doing something with a negative attitude and gets it done well?  No one I hope!  You need to be your own hockey or football coach.  Life is like a training camp but the game is for real.  Be sure that your self talk is positive and that you are spurring yourself to continue on.  Attitudes are contagious so make sure yours is worth catching.  Believe in yourself and put your trust in God or your Higher Power.  Remember to think of your God or Higher Power through out the day and speak to He/She as though she were with you in every moment.  Know that God wants you to succeed and that you will have many blessings to help you accomplish fame, fortune or whatever your ultimate goal.

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