Practice mindfullness and learn the skills from experts to work in health care

Princess Alexander Hospital NHS Trust has transformed its A&E after listening to staff and has met the NHS goal of seeing 95% of its patients in less than four hours.  Services are being transformed from smaller A&E departments to consolidate with others as close to the areas that have closed.  Staffing on the weekends and out of hours has not been sufficient to assess patient needs as there are less consultants to diagnose and treat life threatening medical emergencies such as strokes.  This is in part due to a clause in a contract that allows them to opt out of week-end coverage which the government is seeking to reverse.

Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office recommends that A&E's employ more doctors, including gerenticians to reduce the number of elderly short stay admissions.  The report by the NAO also recommends that more services be available all the time.  The walk-in clinics are efficient and with the current emphasis on listening to staff and focusing on the paient's needs they can bridge the gap between services.  I have used this service myself and have seen the hands on approach by the manager to make sure that there is a seamless delivery of service.  For me this option is preferable to a smaller doctor's surgery where you have to wait for appointments etc rather than being able to show up when you need to see a nurse or a doctor and get blood drawn and some tests like EKG's done.  I hope other health systems use this model so that patients can get the treatment they need when they need it.  

Dr. Maxwell Mortz gives clear and valuable guidance in this video.

There is stigma from being investigated by the State Board of Nursing and that shadow of a doubt will always be there and has to be addressed on each employment application no matter if it is a nursing position or otherwise.  Paul Harasim is an investigative journalist and did a great deal of probing into the events that led up to two nurses being charged with murder at Sunrise Hospital where one of the nurses, Sharon Ochoe Reyes says she will resume her position after they were both cleared by Judge Gloria Navano.  The ruling called for the hospital to reinstate and give the nurses back pay as well as pay for attorney fees.  The charges stemmed from broken umbillical tubes that were used to draw blood which had been defective for months and the nurses had been complaining to management about it.  Sunrise Hospital never had the equipment tested by the expert witness they had hired.  

In October The Rayal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children apologized and accepted responsibility for the fluid deaths of three children.  Parents of one of the children had happened to watched a program about the issue and sought answers into the death of their daughter who died in 1996.  It took a long time to uncover the fact that hospital guidelines were available but not followed at the time.  I could not find any individual doctors or nurses mentioned.  A very sad and unnecessary loss that thankfully has been acknowledged.

Having faith in your Higher Power is a good thing to help you to get through those stages in life when you are transitioning and perhaps at the same time dealing with the legal issues due to a license investigation or suspensiion.  It has to be experienced to fully understand the stress involved and how this turns your life upside down.  But face it you must and even if you have fears just think of the worst scenario and perhaps that's not going to be as horrific as just thinking or imagining about it.  Both take equal energy.  Project positive thoughts and images about the outcome and pray and meditate and let it go.  Dr. Maxwell Mortz explains in the seventies video about how the self-image that we have either boosts or errodes our confidence with meeting life's challenges.  It's really worth learning these truths about our inner self and work on changing any negative self-image that we have that may make us even more susceptable to depression etc. if you feel unworthy because of your past conditioning.

'Money's too tight to mention,' is a soul classic that can be in a nut shell where nurses find themselves.  Margaret M. Lnych is the best teacher to follow for wealth manifesting Forbes Magazine has an article about the work Margaret does using the law of attraction.  It always is a positive thing to have the main stream thinkers and doers in the business world enjoying the benefits.  

Mindfullness has been studied to show that patients feel more satisfied with their care when staff - doctors in this study listen attentively and don't get distracted by multitasking.  

Dr. Deepak Chopra is a spiritual teacher and author whose video demonstrates how to use meditation to develop a clear state of mindfulness.  The work is really very positive and takes a committment and effort on your part to learn and practice.  Once you experience the positive benefits you will want to learn more...

My very best wishes are with you as you seek to learn more about yourself and live an ethical and spiritual life.  Many people go to church and can follow all of the prayers and rituals but it's the inner connection that you have with yourself and God that is truely transforming and now is a good time to delve deeper.

Warm Wishes, Rita.

Health & Wellness coaching is an ideal role for nurses

Nurses backgrounds provide a positive platform to build a career as a health and wellness coach.  http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Health-and-Wellness-Consultant  Because I promote natural foods and organic fruits and vegetables I recommend that you also look into this lifestyle that is being adopted by more and more people for ethical and health reasons.  I mention network marketing frequently because it's possible for you to use this model to establish a business from home through the contacts you already have and ones you will meet.  All of the people you want to reach out to with a product that you believe in for yourself, because you use the product and have experienced its beneficial effects first hand, are call prospects.  They are people like you who want to start their own business duplicating what you're already doing it and can teach them how.
http://www.asea.net/  Tonight I looked at this website because a nurse who is a contact on LinkedIn markets these products and was enthusiastic about nurses joining the business or just using the product.  I am health conscious and some people only learn to be when they have encountered a health crisis or maybe like some of you want to broaden your knowledge base about natural health products that can support you, and according to so many testimonies actually benefit health.  It's possible to start with a small amount of capital and build your client base.  Contact the company and explore the options.  As this company was only formed in 2002 there is room to grow and expand as it spreads across the global market.  The Internet makes global network marketing possible for us all and you can build a customer base in many countries.  Asea is based in the US and has recently expanded into Europe.
http://www.youngandraw.com/write-for-us/   Young and Raw is a vegetarian blog that provides information about the benefits of healthy eating and encoura ges those interested in the healthful benefits of fruits and vegetables to write for them.  While this may not start out as a paid opportunity it can become a good marketing tool for you to share with others about your particular products that fit with their market model.  The more you get known, the more people will turn to you for product information and may wish to join your company if they see that you are involved with writing and networking on the web.  Essentially you become a role model for others who may wish to join you in your network marketing company.
http://w3.newsmax.com/newsletters/uwr/video_money_codea.cfm?promo_code=141BA-1  Sean Hyman is an investment expert who is often asked to talk about wealth on the television.  Investing may seem like a remote goal when you are in a position where you don't have an income but you can apply the model he uses for deciding whether to put money into a particular company in the same way that you can use it for deciding about putting your money into a business start-up.  When you have a little money saved see if you can invest it in some way.  This is Biblical and sound to prosper and not let money sit idle and loose it's value through inflation.  It's an interesting video and I hope it adds to your feeling of empowerment about building wealth and being worthy to have wealth in your life for the services you are going to offer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHuNaWrEs70  Tony Samara talks about how worry zaps our energy and learning to recognize when you slip into the worry mode and feel the energy drain is a step that happens because you are becoming more conscious.  It a process that happens and there so many areas that you will notice you either react differently or see things differently because you are connecting your soul with your Higher Power through meditation.  Meditate for at least an hour a day and two and a half hours if possible.  Joyti Meditation is meditation on the inner sound and light and instructions and other resources for your spiritual learning can be found on this site http://www.jyotimeditation.org/
Plan your day with lots of positive activities like researching areas that you would like to work in or what kind of business that you would like to develop.  When you wake up center on your Higher Power and if it helps keep a picture by your bed.  Positive energy will help you stay focused and motivate you to organize your day and set your goals into motion.
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Mark-Nepo-Poems--Reduced-to-Joy-Book/4  Oprah has been walking the walk and talking the talk like life was a line dance.  It comes so naturally to her that she draws to her the exact inspirational resources that give her inner power a boost and because she is an overflowing cup of grace and enthusiasm she naturally can't resist sharing the gems with others.  That's another sign of a spiritually alive person.  Lifting up the lives of others is part and parcel of one's own spiritual development.  I will also be adding the inspirations of Maria Shriever whose mother Eunice was just like this gifted spirit who is like the saying says 'the apple doesn't fall far from the apple tree.'  These ladies have a lot to offer us as we come together in community to heal, re-establish our goals in life and move forward with support.
My very best wishes are with you as you move forward with your life.  Many nurses are moving ahead with you and taking this time as an opportunity for personal growth and spiritual development.  That is my wish for you so that you will achieve your dreams and create a new life doing the things that you love to earn money.
Rita.

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.
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My very best wishes are with you always, Rita

Make an inner shift.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXtywJ_ozyY&list=PL428FDAA90A7E67E4&feature=endscreen
When a life changing event takes place such as can happen to nurses as well as doctors who get caught up in  circumstances in the work place as many are finding in the Mid Staffordshire Trust for instance.  I have often heard nurses comment that there aren't any other places to work when they were asked why they thought the nurses stayed when conditions had deteriorated to the point where families were holding vigils outside to show their concern over the lack of care of their loved ones.  This shows me that nurses must develop more moral courage and take the chances that may be needed to get out of dangerous working situations.  It might mean patching together some temporary assignments and figuring it all out as you go along, but the worst thing to do is freeze and stay when your inner intuition must be screaming for change.
We have many warning signs around us at times but refuse to pay attention because the mind will give us all kinds of answers.  Learn to go into and connect with your heart and listen to what you really want and really need to do for your life.  I hope that you are not part of a bigger investigation as the Mid Staffordshire Trust where the Police force have been called in to investigate for criminal liability on the part of the staff involved.
If it is a matter of money and fear of not having any if your leave your current job watch the above video and work through the blockages that are causing you to feel that you will not be able to provide for yourself.  Do an on line search and sign up for mailings about job opportunities form nursing agencies.  Have your resume up to date and send it out to those agencies that have the placements that you want.
Keep a folder for copies of letters of recommendation and past evaluations.  School reports with course content can be helpful also.  Stay organized and the more you can showcase your talents the stronger your appeal will be.
I have emphasized in the past the importance of developing spiritually as we are spiritual beings and that is where your power lies.  Find the right path for you.  This week I reconnected with someone I got to know in California who has developed a world wide following now and she offers practical advice for living without and bigger religious context.  I will share this link so that you can begin to see the work that you need to do inside.  http://www.dharmadialogues.org/ Catherine Ingram's Spiritual Teacher was Indian and the other person whom I have found interesting is http://www.tonysamara.org/  Tony studied with Buddhist Monks during his adolescents and later with Sharmans.  You have to find the kind of teachings that blends with your soul and will help you heal and make sense of what happens in life.  Not that there will be a concrete conclusion to your search but an inner expansion and knowing of what is right for you, what is beneficial to hold on to and what is better to let go of.
I hope that you are coping and do not be pulled into negativity because of others judgmental attitudes toward you.  Keep writing down positive affirmations and repeat them at least three times per day and feel the shift inside as you practice.  One example is:  I have the capability to deal with life's problems and remain calm and steady inside... When faced with problems I am able to mobilize and pull together the support and resources I need... Life has its ups and downs and I like everyone else must go through them and this too will come to pass.
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Uncertainty

Families today are faced with challenges that only are similar to those faced by their grandparents during the great depression.  I have raised my daughter and now have a grandson who is almost three years old.  Each time I turn on the television there is a reminder of the amount of dept for which future generations will be responsible.  On top of national dept we have individual state dept where we live.

Families are a microcosm of society and we can see our society reeling with the effects of budget shortfalls.  Union members take to the streets and Senators flee state capitols in Wisconsin and Indiana.  Parents have to be worried as to whether there will be schools and teachers for their children’s education.  One state quoted a ratio of 60 students per teacher which sounds way out of control and an impossible learning situation.
Children and adolescents feel the impact of these conflicts and look to adults to problem solve and handle conflict constructively.  They are probably not as engrossed in the news coverage as their parents though they sense the uncertainty about their futures.  If parents have jobs then the family is likely to feel less stress.  Meeting the bills and keeping a roof over their heads is the first priority.  One adolescent I met on the West Coast suffered from depression and anxiety because his home had been repossessed.
Things may still become more uncertain and it’s important to know how to handle stress.  Finding inner balance and keeping free from anxiety is key to being able to concentrate and focus on the future.  Our mental outlook colors our emotions and attitude.  We need to remain positive and that can sound like a lofty ideal until you practice the steps to achieve equipoise.  The philosophy of positive thinking and enlightened living has been taught by sages and Saints who know the value of finding peace and stability within one’s own soul is a step toward peace for all humanity.
There are three components to achieving inner equipoise.  First there has to be a daily practice of meditation.  Meditation is the key to success in all other realms of life.  That is why you often see that the lives of the privileged and lucky are sometimes lacking basic happiness because they lack a spiritual contentedness and resilience that can only be found through going through some tough times and learning how to tap into your inner source of power.  
Secondly you will need to monitor thoughts, feelings and actions.  Journal as a tool and to be more specific categorizes areas of your life and honestly evaluate whether the way you reacted to a situation was acceptable.  You are the one to evaluate and through the process of honest introspection determine where you have fallen short of your personal goals for improvement and implement the necessary changes.
Thirdly be conscious and careful about the decisions and choices you make so that you lead an ethical life.  For instance if you were to be audited by the IRS be confident and have a clear conscience about the outcome.  The French have a saying: A clear conscience is like a feather pillow on which to rest ones head at night and sleep ease-fully.
I am a Life Coach and work with individual's who wish to transcend their emotional ups and down and find success in an area that holds special meaning to you as well as others who can benefit.
Contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

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.

Health

http://www.rainnutrition.com/

A favorite motivator of mine is Napoleon Hill who said that unless we have health the rest of live won't be successful.  I believe that we adapt to our circumstances but also agree with his premise that health is the platform for everything we want to build in our lives.

I have included a link to a powerful antioxidant product that is fairly new to the market.  Antioxidants are found in seeds of fruits that are tapped into because they increase many times the amount of power than found in the fruit itself.  Antioxidants provide our body with damage control by cleaning out free radicals - those things that make us age and also can cause cancer.  I always promote a vegetarian diet and it is because of two reasons.  Number one - I mentor and coach people to success through the spiritual path of recognizing God within and seeing your connection with nature and others and tthrough that awareness recognize your oneness with "All."  My Teacher commands "Love All," because we all have come from the same source and share in the same Power.  Secondly our bodies are cleaner on a vegetarian diet and my Teacher's direct questioning of our eating habits cuts to the quick: "Why make your body into a graveyard?"

Life is stressful and challenging for most of us right now.  We are excited to see things change through the upcoming election but we also know that there may be more financial troubles ahead.  Keeping our bodies strong and healthy is a priority.  That means being mindful of the types of foods you select and where you buy your produce.  I recommend health food stores because of the selection of organic foods.  The life force in food you should select vegetables and fruits should make them look strong and healthy.  If they are limp and dull looking the life force has left and won't do your body any good.  When you prepare food pray over it constantly.  When I spent time with my Teacher in her retreat I used to do a lot of kitchen seva or volunteering that is ultimately for our good as we become free of our own obstacles through the Grace of the Master.  I have found the same service with my new Teacher and love it dearly because it gives me an opportunity to pray and say the names of God as I prepare the food for others.  Be aware of your own energy as your family's food.  Your energy is contagious and it is passed on!

Avoiding caffeine is recommended though I say everything in moderation is the key.  Hopefully you will learn to appreciate discipline in eating.  One Saint recommended eating until the stomach is half full.  We tend to eat till we feel stuffed and some people's brain doesn't register satiation or the feeling of being satisfied.  One of the reasons we want to keep eating more and more and more is because we lack the basic nutrients that our body's crave.  Rain Nutrition will be able to provide nutrients that you are missing in your diet though I still emphasize that eating a well balanced vegetarian diet along with the antioxidant is the preferred choice.

When your body feels fit you will notice a shift in how much you eat and the type of foods you eat.  I have seen pictures of many people including the host of the program I attended last night who have lost weight due to taking Rain Nutrition.  We all know that obesity leads to medical disorders like diabetes and even hip and joint stress.  Many people have had symptoms of fibermyalgia and testified that they were reduced or eradicated since taking Rain Nutrition. 

I hope you check the site and let me know if you want to try the product.  I wish you and your family a healthy life ~

I am a Professional Life Coach and you can reach me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com

Loss of a child's life.

Perhaps the greatest loss anyone has to face in life is the loss of a child.  Whether it is because of having an abortion at a time in life when you didn't have the conscious awareness about the sacredness of life that begins at conception; the loss of a baby during pregnancy from other causes or as an parent of an adult. The mother and father will always remember their baby or child who was never able to share in the times of family gatherings, instead always leaving a vacant spot in their hearts.  Pain is something that has to be endured and hopefully it will diminish over time. 

I have found the best method of lessening the power of any situation over me is to share the experience with others, some of whom may benefit by your outreach.  Some sit in silent suffering and there is no way of knowing what is going on in someone else's heart and mind.  Support groups can be a good place to start the healing process.  Margie Basarba wrote a sensitive comment on her face book page recently that touched my heart and I wanted to share her link with others because in God's design you never know who needs the information at that particular time. 

I recently heard of a family member of someone I know being killed.  It happened in a neighborhood that I knew from my earlier days in Kansas City when I used to go out on the town with my husband.  I had not heard the particular news story she referred to but I sensed that it was an unexpected death and probably a murder.  I have a particular sensitivity toward this particular situation because I also had a close family member who was murdered.  I was working at the time and seven months pregnant when I left for England and felt that I was pulled into the eye of the storm.  Murder is evil and yet there is a tendency by society to take pity on the murderer.  I always think of my brother and wonder what his life would have been like had he lived past his 30th birthday.  For me there has been no way of reconciling the facts about the injustice of it all and I wonder what he knew about his wife having an affair at the time.  It was his wife's boyfriend who shot my brother in the back of his head as he arrived home and was walking toward the entrance of the apartment building where they lived with their two young children.  The milkman found his dead body in the morning and my eldest brother was called by the police to identify his body.  The victim leaves behind a wide circle of people who will feel the loss for the rest of their lives and the only consolation is to focus on the good memories.  Their memory will always be present in the hearts of family members and it is our love for them that never dies and continues to grow.

When tragedies happen they will take us to a deeper place inside our own soul where we seek to find the answers to life's purpose and ask God to help us cope with the pain.  There are no miracle bullets as far as medications are concerned.  Meditation is a method of healing through connecting with God within your own heart that has been taught by the Spiritual Masters from the East for thousands of years.  Take time during your grieving process to go inside in silence and even if you sit through painful emotions know that it is an inner cleansing process that is taking place and that the divine power or energy that you will connect with is also supremely intelligent and knows how to remove the pain and emotional blocks.  I recommend that you work under the guidance of a spiritual master who can initiate you on the spiritual journey.  Under the guidance of a Master you can be sure that the right circumstances and conditions will present themselves in your life to make your pure as gold in the process. 

One of the philosophical frameworks that Eastern Master's teach is karma.  Our thoughts and actions will bear fruit in this life or can lead to the consequence of having to come back in another life to fulfill the right or wrong action that we did.  That's right!  The balance of equipoise is so fine in yoga that we are required to reap the fruits of our good actions also.  That is why detachment is so important to know.  I recently read that on the path of Buddhism followeres are taught to prepare for the afterlife when they are presented with incidents in which they hurt another's feelings.  In the afterlife they feel and expereince the other's anguish for which they are responsible for causing.  In order to avoid the karmic lesson by having to repeat a lifetime to learn how to respond in a more loving way perhaps, followers are instructed to look past the condition of the person or event so thay they are not hooked into or attached by the energy of what they created.  I did not read further to know what other ways might be presented to correct our karma.  This is a tool that you can begin to apply to your life now.

Perhaps I could have benefitted by this method after my brother was murdered and we found that his wife had been involved with not only trying to poison him but in buying the gun that was used to shoot him.  When I think of my ex-sister-in-law and her boyfriend I can feel less impacted by their evil deed by looking past them.  Perhaps I can also image them in a light that radiates from the stars and sun behind them or God's light (however you want to draw light into the picture.)  By looking past them and connecting with the powerful source of the universe and God you won't get entangled emotionally with the issues and energy surrounding the individuals involved. 

For those who have lost a baby through a misguided decision to have an abortion or unintentional loss of a pregnancy perhaps the same technique will help to heal.  Whenever you image the baby or see the child in other stages of normal development picture that child in white light and see if you can look past the child and join the light that is radiating into the scene from behind.  As I write this I can invission a young girl of perhaps 9 or 10 with golden hair and curly locks swinging on a rope tied to a tree limb.  Give yourself permission to grieve and continue to hold onto your faith in the after life where your child is now with God.  Allow yourself to remeber what your child meant to your and your spouse and talk about what he or she would have been like had their life continued.  Always stay in rememberance of God.  When I feel myself experience any negative thought or feeling I immediately remember my own Spiritual Master or God then feel energized and spiritually uplifted.  It is similar to driving a car and learning to listen to the engine and know when to shift gears.  It takes practice but you will inevitably steer in the right direction.

My work in the past has been in the mental health field.  I found that more and more I wanted to help people with deeper healing that takes place through connecting with their own spirituality.  For the past two years I have been writing and working as a Professional Life Coach.  My work is grounded in spirituality and vegetarianism.  The unawakened life is arrid and awakening to the spiritual dimension makes us alive and we can be empowered through our connection with God. 

Science of Spirituality is devoted to uplifting the lives of people who seek to know God in this life and improve their own lives through the guidance of the teachings of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Marahaj.  I recommend that you check the web site http://www.sos.org/  There is information there about afterlife experiences that have been reported by so many who have had their accounts recorded.

Please feel free to contact me by email: lawrencerita511@gmail.com
I will respons to all inquiries and questions and hope to assist you to take your live from the oridinary to extraordinary.

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

Today reaffirm your belief in yourself.

When your life seems to be going slow or you have a sense of being in a holding pattern it is important to use the inner tools of enlightenment.  Your mind will want to take you down the spiral of despair but there is no truth to your life not being just as it is supposed to be because it doesn't fit your definition of where you life should be.  Perhaps it is in the financial realm, health, relationship or spiritual development that you feel there is a lag.  A spiritual leader used to say "Don't worry be happy!"  Quite a lofty ideal set in a few simple words but true non-the-less.

Use affirmations to keep your mind focused on your goals.  An affirmation is a short paragraph or sentence that says in positive terms that you will achieve a particular goal.  Today I affirm that I will reach out to and uplift a new group of people who will benefit from my work.  Today I affirm that I have the benefit of reaping the rewards of the spiritual work done to date and will be supported by the Grace of my Master.  This is how affirmations work.  They provide the framework for you to build upon to empower yourself on the inside.  There is no room for negativity and self doubt when you are filled with powerful words of positivity. 

Write your goals down and take the necessary steps (or objectives) to reach your goals.  Write three long term goals that you want to achieve by three months out from now.  Then write short term goals that go with the long term goal that you will measure in 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks and at the months end.  Keep track of your achievements and if something is obstructing your path, (most of us experiences a shortage of funds, time or other resources,) don't think for a minute that it means that your project will be derailed.  Instead focus on the parts of your plan that will work until you can draw in the needed money or other resources. 

I encourage meditation and prayer.  Prayer so that you can ask God for what you need and meditation so that you can listen to what God is telling you to do.  Use guided imagery to see yourself with the money you need.  If your goal is to earn a set amount of money - make that amount HUGE!  Why limit yourself with what the universe can supply.  In today's economy it is not unusual to hear predictions about the economy getting worse and worse.  This is good to know and we all should be diligent about making plans to survive a crisis and vote for the right person to represent the public good.  However, don't get too hung up because ultimately God is in control and his universe is abundant and He wants to give us what we wish for as His children.  This is where faith plays an important role in your life.  You have to make the practical steps toward your work and caring for yourself and allow God to bring what you need to you.  It is more about surrender than control.  Know that where doors are closed and things or people in our lives have departed it is another opportunity to elevate your life to new realms of experience. 

Letting go and surrender is a slow process for most of us because it is our natural tendency to want to hang on for dear life to what we feel is secure.  In actuality nothing is secure and the only thing that is for sure is your relationship with God.  Pay attention to who is being brought to you and what resources come to you and use gratitude to infuse potential into all situations.  Every situation is like a seed that can grow into a flower or a huge tree like the mighty oak form a small acorn.  Surrender to what is and sit back comfortably into your life as it takes the form that you wish your life to be.  If your are looking for a broad following then spending time on the web is what will get you to your goal.  Surrender to putting in your personal time.  I have heard of people who sign up to apps that deliver messages at prescribed intervals on Twitter.  In my estimation they are missing out on the real benefit of social networking and that is about relationships.  Gaulding who was a Life Coach coined the term "Return on Relationship."  You will have to let go of habits such as using technology to cut corners.  Prioritize your time and spend as much time as you can building relationships.  Surrender means that your faith in God is such that you can depend on Him and Him alone to provide the circumstance and means for you to reach your goals.  Praise Him and open your heart with gratitude.

Intention is the clear will that you exert when you set goals and objectives.  Intention is like a sharp arrow that is thrust toward the goal or bulls eye from the bow.  There is some practice required and like the archer the more skilled he/she becomes the faster and more accurately the arrow hits the target.  Having a mind that is one pointed comes through spiritual practices.  The one which I insist on having people follow is Meditation.  Start with fifteen or twenty minutes then build up to an hour every day.  Keep a journal and write down what comes up for you.  You may find that your own consciousness will direct you to make certain changes in your business to help you grow and succeed.  The more you meditate the easier it is to access that part of you from which creativity springs forth in whatever form that is uniquely for you.  Mine is business and teaching through writing and networking.  Yours may be music, math, athletics of something else.  Don't suppress your creativity because it is a power guide to direct your path that will help you be successful and earn money. 

Finding balance in your life will bring the harmony that you need to draw money and success.  I have found since spending time with my spiritual Teacher that a disciplined life works best for me.  That means eating vegetarian foods.  If you are not ready to give up meat eating I recommend you shop at Wal-Mart or another store where they buy from farmers who allow animals free range.  Keep your life simple so that your energy can be directed toward your work, thus less distractions with other responsibilities.  Every hour of the day should be planned with activities and spiritual practices and reading that will benefit you.  Make your life your number one priority and put your needs first.  Although we are taught that this is approach is selfish -  it is not.  My Teacher said that we can have all the zeros in the world but unless we put a one first they mean nothing. 

Words are powerful and I want you to read spiritual texts that are meaningful to you.  Claim Biblical passages that assure your protection and good.  Empower yourself through these truths.  Stay away from nonbelievers as much as possible and limit the amount of conversation.  If you have to engage with someone who is not positive keep it short and simple.  Always be polite but that doesn't mean that you let people tread on you.  The work you are undertaking is transformative and it will rattle certain people's cage!  When they see the change in you they will attempt to sabotage or bring you down to their level.  This is lower human behavior and you will take the higher road.  Like a stone being tumbled on the river bed you will become sooth.  Let the process happen and keep yourself uplifted.  Gandhi said "I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."

Keep your words pure, sweet and simple and breath easy when you feel the pressures of life come upon you.  A French proverb says that a good conscience is like having a feather pillow on which to rest one's head at night.  Try to do the right things and trust God and trust yourself to live the life of your dreams.

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Spiritual Awakening

I first met my Teacher in the summer of 1986 and had a profound inner experience when she initiated me to the spiritual life.  Meditation teachers guide the student to liberation and the path is one that is freeing but as you shed the old self the ego undergoes an intense struggle at times to let go.  These times bring anguish and despair because we want to still remain with what we have become to know about ourselves that is conditioned and within our comfort zone despite the contrary.

Freedom from all the inner obstacles and social conditioning that we falsely identify with is worth the effort.  My teacher used to say that freedom is like a two-winged bird, one wing is self-effort and the other is the Master's Grace.  The relationship with the Master is one of love and learning about our true nature through spiritual practices and meditation.  Eastern philosophy teaches that we already are one with God but we just have to wake up and realize it.  Because we have been taught that God is some where other than in us we experience a sense abandonment by God.  Most of us at some time in our lives feel that God has not responded to our needs etc.and doesn't care about us. This is because of the dichotomy of thinking of God as other.  Once you are initiated by a living Master you connect with the Master and God and find deeper understanding and meaning in your own Religious teachings and beliefs.  Through a process your heart is opened and you will experience a great joy and love inside. 

My personality is to be a strong person and that is sometimes difficult for people to see in me when I teach about spiritual things.  There is a perception of spiritual people as somehow in la la land or that the feelings of protection etc. don’t exist for spiritual beings.  In my own experience becoming spiritually awakened means that my light bulb is on and when I see danger I recognize it for what it is.  There is a fallacy that is promoted among the new age groups that they think that going into the new age will be a wonderful journey.  I believe in absolute truths and one of them is abortion is wrong.  Evil exists and 911 was one such manifestation of evil.  When for instance I see things that our government does against its people I am concerned.  What is motivating our government to move against us?  I listen to Alex Jones and keep up on the latest technologies etc that are being used against us and would recommend his site http://www.prisonplanet.com/

I will put three instances forth to illustrate my point.  Today I read that the United Nations has warned the United States about our policies and treatment of illegal immigrants.  I have been a supporter of Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona and Sheriff Joe.  They have been investigated and harassed by the DOJ who in turn then turns a blind eye to two New Black Panthers who intimidated voters in Philadelphia.  You cannot be a cherry picker and be in charge of our country's laws.  They can either uphold our laws and protect our citizens or not.  Of course we have our vote, but the damage that has been done is going to have its effect.

Secondly, a lawyer who represented a young teenage girl has been investigated and disciplined by the Bar Association.  This is an example of Sharia law having more authority over the United States Laws.  I hope that there is going to be some oversight and examination into how complicit the bar has been in their dealings with other government and Islamic agencies.  There is more to this disciplining of the lawyer than meets the eye.  I hope the public rally to his cause because he doesn't deserve to be treated with anything but respect and admiration for helping a young Muslim girl who was in fear for her life after she converted to Christianity.

Thirdly, there are ten soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas who have been charged with crimes as serious as murder for carrying our orders in the face of the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan.  My thoughts are – what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.  So if the foot soldiers go to jail so should the people who gave them orders that they carried out and are now facing criminal charges as a consequence.  It doesn’t worry me how high up the ladder of command we have to go but let's have some equal justice here!

It seems to me that the only justice that the government is interested in is social justice and I believe that we should work for the life style we wish to have.  Having a system that encourages and forces people to step up to the plate and produce makes us resilient and expands our awareness and talents.  I like to write and now blog and will edit material that I have written for a book to sell when I give a talk I have been invited to give in a college town outside Kansas City.  Have always held strong opinions and analyze things well.  Through my dedication to my spiritual path I have a strong faith and trust in my ability to see what direction to take in my life when things are difficult.

Perhaps the one example I gave about our government lacking integrity is the one about the lawyer being disciplined for being unprofessional.  In my own experience I have found the government run boards are not the ones to set an example for what the standard for professional behaviors should be.  After winning a one and a half year battle with the state boards of nursing they then posted my license as revoked on their web.  My documentation of the whole affair will have to be handled by an attorney because now I have no other choice other than to clear my name once more.  I believe that the lawyer who represented the young Christian convert was acting as a responsible and caring professional and the government has become tainted with political correctness.  They need to change the prescription in their glasses. 

In my experience as a spiritually awakened person I feel compassion for my fellow man.  Mahatma Gandhi certainly did and acted according to his convictions.  He was not a wimp!  He emphasized how he felt about others ideas that were wrong: “I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi.  It is important not to let people do or say things that are contrary to your good nature.  You have done the inner work to make yourself pure so don't let other's murky thinking enter your energy field.  I will speak about our field of energy at another time.  It is the feeling you get when someone gets too close for comfort and invades your space.

I believe that it is for this reason that you will see Teachers advise against a negative environment or people.  When you spend time with people who have not unburdened their garbage that has been festering you will become polluted.  Due to my own situation of not working for almost two years now I have spent most of that time with a friend and her husband.  I am gone all day as I work on projects at the library and have made many friends and acquaintances on line. 

There are different stages once the spiritual journey has begun.  In the beginning there is a dedication to meditation and practices that clear away the old junk that has caused us to identify with an ego that is other than the true person that we are.  The second phase is learning to live a transcendent life and you will still have your particular personality that will draw you to concentrate your life on whatever it is that your particular calling is.  For me it is writing and teaching about spiritual life.  I will enjoy expanding my repertoire as an extra or having small parts in movies.  I enjoy public speaking and wish to educate people more about what Colonial Kenya was like and what the families who settled there did for the country.

My own life is centered on meditation, prayer and repeating the Suriname or names of God that correspond with the vibrations of the chakras making them resonate with practice to the same frequency as the sound.  I have a great sense of justice and have worked very hard to become a citizen of the United States and get my education.  I hope that these values will be recognized and respected by others who believe that we are a nation of laws and justice that is centered on our Constitution.

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Nature, Friendships and Love of God and Yourself are the best things in life.

Having led most of my life already I am aware of the fast and constant pace that most people have to keep in order to pack in developmental goals and milestones.  From adolescents forward the race is on!  Hormones throw us into gear whether ready or not!  Academics is a high priority because learning and knowledge are the keys to our future.  As women we have a conscious awareness of our biological clock ticking.  No time delay or snooze button to put off procreation and finding a suitable mate.  Dating is a hot and heavy scene where we have to learn boundaries with the one's we are chemically on fire with and find a way to not hurt the feelings too much on the ones who don't turn us on. 

When you feel overwhelmed as you will, don't fall apart or have a melt down as they say these days.  Take some lessons from nature.  Leonardo DiVinci invented the parachute after noticing how leaves fell from trees.  Really you can look to nature to guide you for answers that you are searching for and become an independent thinker because of nature's link with the infinite intelligence that created this world, all that is in it, and the universe.  God encourages us to explore and get to know Him through the very creatures and plants that he has created to be our friends and companions.  Have you noticed how your mood can be uplifted when you look into the beautiful face of a flower?  At my friend's house where I took care of her plants for her while she was on a trip to Africa, I was greeted every morning out on the deck by the pretty little faces of purple flowers not unlike miniature pansies.  There were so many of them nodding their delicate heads in the breeze.  Bees buzzed from plant to plant and I noticed that they particularly liked the purple colored plants.  I had read in an article that described their attraction to purple flowers and that by planting lavender and other purple varieties of plants you are able to support bees whose numbers have been depleted due to the toxic chemicals people use on their gardens, yards and farmland .  Another study has found that bees recognize human faces.  Bees are in tune with us and we can be in tune with them if we open our hearts to the wonder of our bond with them through all that is scientific and our togetherness as part of the portrait of God's love and beauty.  Studies of bees has shown that they can actually learn to recognize our individual faces.

When you have those little breaks in the day disconnect yourself from the electric devises, the pressure of deadlines and watch with open wonder what nature is doing.  How do butterflies go about their day?  They love to sail in the breeze and circle around me when I am outside.  Sometimes they will land on me.  One sat on my great toe for the longest time the other day.  These are delectable moments to see their delicate wings and sense how curious they are about us.  You have to drop the rush and push of life to attract the still and tranquil.  As soon as you invade their peaceful and loving vibrations with negative energy they will wing it out of there!  I had that experience once when walking in a park in the Bay Area, California.  I happened to be on my cell phone with a Middle Eastern male friend who had the tendency toward possessiveness that made him controlling.  When I told him that a hummingbird was hovering inches away from me looking directly at my face, he said something derogatory and I could feel the negative force of his energy come through the phone.  The bird flew off immediately.  I asked him when would he ever learn?  I say to people that I am happily single because it is too difficult to deal with other people's stuff.

I did have a close friend who was gay while I was in the Bay Area and helped him through the end stages of congestive heart failure.  I believe he was enlightened although he used to show me by using his thumb and index finger squeezed together to show he had an eintzie wientze little bit to go.  After he was discharged from ICU having hemorrhaged blood as a result of blood thinners he went home to be cared for by hospice which is what our Teacher had instructed him to do through her liason, a lawyer for the organization.  Another young man who happened to live around the corner from my friend's apartment stayed through the night and I took the day shift.  The gentleman lawyer called from time to time when I went home to rest telling me that our Teacher had asked him to support us as it is especially difficult physically for those who are present with beings who are spiritually elevated when they die.  I felt exhausted for sure, my neck became stiff  and I had a headache.  In fact all I could do at the time was collapse on the bed and rest as best I could.  It was not unusual for me to experience time warps during the time I spent with my Teacher and I felt the same sense then.  I will love him forever and my love continues to grow and my gratitude is awakened with fresh thoughts of his presence, stories and just how wonderful he was.  We volunteered together everyday in the office of a spiritual mission for prisoners.  Before we began he sang prayers in Sanskrit which an ancient Indian language.   His voice was robust and his whole countenance exduded an elegant style.  I have always felt moved by his power and he taught me not to hold back when engaging in any type of service for the upliftment of other's lives.  Our love for our Teacher was great because there is so much Grace in our lives when we aligned ourselves with our Teacher's power through selfless service.

A funny story was told at his memorial that was held in a quaint rose garden on the grounds of our Teachers compound in the Bay Area.  The story was presented by the young man who stayed with my friend at night before he died.  The audience laughed when they heard how he had been given the name Babu Rao, from our Teacher.  As she approached him and spoken to him, giving him the name he responded to her with love and thanks.  He then turned to the young man and asked "What did she say?"  He wore bilateral hearing aids and they squeeked at times.   His love for our teacher was so pure that he seemed to radiate light when I saw photos of him with our Teacher during one of her visits.  My friend's mother also had this white light emanating from her being when she was greeted by our Teacher. 

The stress in our lives can be neutralized and deflated and nature is a great stress reducer.  Pressure can build like in the water hose, until it can cause the tube to rupture.  In terms of our bodies that can manifest as serious illnesses that have great impact on our lives emotional and psychological wellbeing.  Take care my friends and learn to take periods of rest.  You may not be able to take naps because you may not be in a place where that is possible, but if it is they are very good for your health.  You will feel recharged afterwards and if you keep to a schedule and avoid stimulants like caffeine your body will get used to being quietened and replenished through napping at the same time every day if possible or whenever you can.  You can also use guided imagery to replenish your energy and recharge your enthusiasm and zest.  Think of your body as a solar panel that is open to the pure energy of the sun and all the positive energy that is being sent for your good by the universe.  Absorb that energy and soak it up into the core of your being.  Fill your heart with gratitude for these precious moments to absorb the natural sources of God's power.  Remember God or your higher power constantly and like a child with an imaginary friend keep God as your constant friend and companion.

The greatest practice for replenishing body and soul is through meditation.  I was taught that one hour of meditation is worth a thousand hours of sleep.  Like your mother used to tell you, sit still and be quiet, and that's as simple as it is to meditate.  Breath easy and say God's name silently to yourself.  Take the focus of your mind to the area of your heart.  If your mind chatters let it think of your thought stream like clouds that drift through the sky.  You don't put your hands up to stop them because you know that they will be carried away by air currents and winds.  Similarly your thoughts will drift away.  With practice your mind will still.  With repeated meditation you will go into meditation more easily and love will grow as you enter your heart more often and enjoy your own great company.

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