"Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there." ~Rumi

Are You Tapped In, Tuned In, Turned On to Joy?

Joy is a choice…a daily, hourly, momentary choice. In any situation, we may choose to react in whatever way we please.

If you are blessed with the gift of life again tomorrow, you will once more face opportunities to choose your way back to joy. Sometimes, the choice is easy. A hummingbird takes flight right before your eyes, the sun shines perfectly on your garden, your mate’s happy mood brightens your day. There is no difficulty in choosing joy in such moments. But variety is the spice of life.

When Joy is Missing in Your Life

What choice do you make on a dreary day, when the flowers wilt and the clouds hover in shades of gray? When the one you love speaks a harsh word, your body aches and the work you once loved seems but a bore? When there’s much to do and little time to do it, mistakes slow your progress, crisis holds you down, and you feel all alone in the wilderness of life?

These are the times when it’s easy to forget that joy is a choice. Joy is not just something that happens when circumstances are great—unless of course that’s the only time you allow yourself to receive the joy that is here for you. YOUR Joy cannot be limited by the people, events and circumstances in your life.

You are the sole individual capable of placing shackles on the feet of your joy. Fortunately, you are also the one who holds the key to those shackles.

Getting Back to Joy

Life doesn’t need to always go as you plan it in order for you to experience joy. In fact, joy couldn’t be experienced at all if the possibility of its opposite didn’t exist. So, how do you find your way back to joy? How do you move through the darkness?

First and foremost, acknowledge your pain, frustration, fear, discomfort. Don’t try to drown it out or resist it. Just acknowledge it without giving yourself over to it. Know that whatever feelings you have are valid. It is your right and choice to feel them, so allow yourself to do so. Bitterness, contempt, loneliness, guilt, despair. Identify exactly what you’re feeling, refusing to cover it up with outbursts, negative behaviors or mind-altering substances. Know that you can survive whatever feelings come up.

Notice the experiences, the sensations, and the perspectives that lead to the way you feel in the moment. Now, notice how these feelings are serving you. Do they help you in anyway? Do these feelings, or the thoughts that give them life, move you closer to joy? You are of course entitled to your feelings, but do you really want to hold on to them? Do they empower or dis-empower? Motivate or demotivate?

From this space of awareness, you may choose the direction of your choice. You may choose responsibility and empowerment over blame and worry. You may release criticism of yourself , other people and whatever situations arise. Without the attachment of judgment, just notice it all. And when you’re ready, ponder a different perspective.

How can you look at the present moment differently, more compassionately? How might you soften your thoughts? Will you replace anger with compassion, fear with acceptance of what-is? This is the path back to joy.

Are You Ready for Joy?

There’s no better time than now to begin applying this life lesson. During the course of your day, some person or institution may wrong you. You’ll have every right to feel sorrowful, angry, unforgiving or vengeful; but you also have the right to choose a renewed perspective, and thereby an emotion and mental attitude, that better serves you.

The path to joy is always here, even when you veer off course. And the choice to get back on track is always yours. You CAN choose joy. Will you?

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Nea Justice

Nea is a Transformational Life Coach whose mission is to help you love your life.

If you desire the “good life” and you want to know how Nea can help you attain it, contact her now.

    

Spirituality, World Religions and Me

A few days ago, a Facebook friend asked me if I find it difficult to have a close relationship with someone whose spiritual beliefs vary significantly from my own.  Although I had a quick answer, the question sparked deeper thoughts about my reasons.

Spirituality is a very important part of my life, but I’m a long way from being the religious type.  I was raised a Christian, yet I’ve evolved in ways that won’t allow me to adhere to that religion (or any other).  Still, I don’t frown upon religions or those who choose to conform to one religion or another.

I seek what I call God in every person, place and thing.  Whether you are Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Atheist; I’ll open my heart so that I might see in you the essence of what I call God. I am simply happy that you have something to believe in, particularly so if it brings you joy or hope.

I am not opposed to (or limited to) the Qur’an, Gita, Bible or Torah.  Neither book defines me, yet I can read the contents with my heart open—again—to seek out the essence of what I call God.  If I find something of value, I take it into me, intentionally leaving everything else behind.

Spiritual Beliefs: Agreement Not Required

You see, I don’t need to agree with all of a person’s spiritual beliefs in order to love or befriend them; nor do I need to agree with everything in a particular Holy book in order to find value there.  I am a seeker of good, of light, of truth, of love.  And I believe that what we seek determines what we find.

What I want to share with you today are examples of the good I’ve found in several religions.  There are many elements of these religions that don’t align with my personal truth, but that is not the focus of this article.  My intent is simple.  I want you to know that, in practically anything and everything; you can find something to appreciate if you will just open your heart and mind.

Islam (Muslim)

Holy Book: Qur’an

“Repel (evil) with what is better. Then will he, between whom and thee was hatred, become as it were thy friend and intimate. And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint.” –Qur’an 41:34-35

If you’ve read anything about Islamic extremists, you may have the misconception that this religion is all about violence.  Quite to the contrary, the Qur’an is filled with references that, like the quote above, promote peace.  Those who exemplify peacefulness and restraint, according to several ayahs (verses), are highly favored by Allah. This is the message from Islam that most harmonizes with my beliefs.

Taoism

Sacred Text: Tao Te Ching

“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.” –Tao Te Ching

There is so much that I love about Taoism, but its focus on simplicity is at the top of my list.  Principles like living simply yet fairly, and finding solace in the little things, are vital parts of my personal self improvement plan.

Baha’i

Sacred Text: Kitab I Aqdas

“By its aid thou shalt see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and shalt know of thine own knowledge and not through the knowledge of thy neighbor.  Ponder this in thy heart; how it behooveth thee to be. ” –Baha’u'llah

While many religions, particularly those practiced in Western society, rebuke open-mindedness in favor of blind faith; the second principle of the Bahai faith is the independent investigation of truth.  Many of the writings suggest that there isn’t just one prophet or one manifestation of God, and that people should feel free to seek Truth through critical thinking, research, and the use of available resources (including other Holy books).  As an open-minded seeker, this teaching completely aligns with who I am.

Hinduism

Sacred Texts: Vedas, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, and others

“The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.”  –His Holiness Dalai Lama

If there is one thing that I absolutely love about Hinduism, it is the concept of Karma.  There are times when I want to respond from a place of anger, revenge or pain; but I remind myself that every thought, word and deed has a karmic response.  That often helps me to make the higher choice, even when it’s not so easy.

Christianity

Sacred Text: Bible

“You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you. In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else?” –Matthew 5:43-47 NLV

I’ve been guilty in the past of judging Christianity by its misguided Christians; however, the truth is that I have a great appreciation for Jesus Christ’s teachings of love for all.  There are many verses on love in the New Testament and the one above is a personal favorite.  The very idea of loving outside your comfort zone, remembering to include those who seem unlovable, resonates with me more than anything else in the Holy Bible.

Zoroastrianism

Sacred Text: Zend Avesta

“Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.”—Zoraster

I don’t know much about Zoroastrianism, but I was able to find something respectable with just a small amount of research.  What appeals to me most are the sayings about charity and unselfish action.  The teachings about not letting greed get in the way of your choices are in total alignment with who I am.

Buddhism

Sacred Text: Tipitaka

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” –Buddha

Of all the spiritual practices listed here, Buddhism may be the one that I’m most comfortable with.  I’m not a Buddhist, but the practices of meditation and mindfulness have had an amazingly positive influence on my life.  Closing out the physical world, quieting my mind and focusing on the present moment brings me the sense of peace and calm that leads to pure internal happiness.

I’m sure many people clicked off the page before completing this article.  It’s quite a touchy subject; but I appreciate every one of you whose mind is open enough to ingest information about these different religious practices.

Spiritual growth is an important part of self improvement; but it can’t be accomplished if you walk through life with a fearful, judgmental state of mind. When you are truly open and receptive to something—whether it is truth, love, spiritual growth or something less positive—you will find it.  Where you seek it out is irrelevant.

Can you trust that the same is true for others?  Can you accept that good does not exist solely on the path you’ve chosen?  If so, don’t fear or hate any of the world’s religions.  Just take whatever lessons you can, leaving behind what doesn’t resonate with you.  This is the way to personal and spiritual growth.

Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.

Nea Justice

Nea is a Transformational Life Coach whose mission is to help you love your life.

If you desire the “good life” and you want to know how Nea can help you attain it, contact her now.

    

While the topic is homosexuality, today’s self improvement ideas are really written for everyone who struggles with a lack of acceptance in their society. An email from a troubled young man asked, “Is Law of Attraction not working for me because I’m gay?”

He went on to say that his life was “doomed no matter what” because of the “sinful” nature of his sexuality. He even mentioned that few of his gay and lesbian associates have successful relationships. My answer to him was that the Law of Attraction works the same for everyone and that he is only doomed for as long as his thoughts are dooming him.

This young man was, unintentionally of course, resisting the joyful life that is his birthright. He was creating an awful existence for himself. Why? Because he didn’t know any better.

Whole groups of people, not just homosexuals, respond to the negative messages of parents, teachers, religious leaders, and society by internalizing what they have been taught.

In other words, the things that they’ve been told become their dominant thoughts (or beliefs). And the Law of Attraction will always send thoughts and circumstances that are a vibrational match to your beliefs.

At a workshop in 1999, Abraham Hicks said “there is nothing that you can do that is worse for yourself, than to do something that you believe is inappropriate. And so, get clear and happy about whichever choice you make because it is your contradiction that causes the majority of the contradiction in vibration.” This statement couldn’t be more perfect.

If you spend decades listening as people that you love or respect tell you that you are bad, evil, wrong, and on a path to hell, you may begin to feel that you are bad, evil, wrong, and on a path to hell. And when you begin to believe such things, you’ll experience quite a hellish existence on this Earth. Harboring negative beliefs about yourself is damaging to you and to anyone who gets involved in a relationship with you.

With this understanding, it is clear why the letter-writer notices so many unhappy gay and lesbian relationships. People who believe that their sexuality is “sinful” and their relationships are wrong will have a very hard time creating a stable, joyful bond with their partner. The law of attraction works in such a way that you experience exactly what you allow yourself to believe.

I’d like to offer a few words of advice to gays, lesbians, and anyone else who is struggling with living outside of the expectations of others.

• Come to terms with who you are.

When you learn that you are a magnificent Being whose existence is important to the expansion of this great Universe, you will stop being affected by what others say or think of you. When you realize that you are a powerful creator whose every thought is creating life experience, you will cease to doubt yourself in response to those who condemn you. When you learn to love yourself as Source (or God) loves you, you will benefit from the positive energy that flows within rather than withering from the negative words of those who don’t understand you.

• Consider a new belief system.

Although you may have been taught under a certain religious modality, you are free to choose what you will believe. If you can’t bring yourself to break the family religious tradition, at least learn to benefit from the positive parts of that faith while leaving the negative, fire and brimstone teachings for those who want to attract such monstrosities in their lives.

Your parents, teachers, pastors, and priests are mostly well-intentioned, but they cannot properly make choices for you. You are born with an innate sense of your own truth. And if honoring what you feel to be true for you does not line up with the belief system under which you’ve been taught, you have a decision to make.

Will you follow your Inner Guidance toward what is right for you? Or will you do what is right for others by following their teachings even if it leads you to think so poorly of yourself that you repeatedly attract negative life experiences? The choice is yours, so choose wisely.

• Practice awareness. Be conscious of your Inner Being.

You were born with the only tool that you’ll ever need for a successful life-your Inner Being. Living without conscious awareness of this powerful inner guidance is a handicap that afflicts most people who have been taught to get their guidance from others.

Whether or not you are aware of it, this spiritual you IS the larger part of who you are. And the larger part of who you are will always do two things: call you toward a joyful life and let you know when you are on track. The problems come when you ignore your Inner Being in favor of what you hear, see, and learn in your physical world.

Your emotions are your evidence of how much you are in (or out of) alignment with your Inner Being, how you are vibrating, and what the law of attraction is bringing to you. You will enjoy positive emotion when you align with your Inner Being and the Law of Attraction will respond with manifestations of your desires.

When your thoughts and actions are out of alignment with that spiritual part of you, you will feel negative emotion. And as you offer that low vibration of unhappiness or misery, you will attract undesirable circumstances that breed even more misery.

In order to tell the difference between the “voice” of your Inner Being and the subconscious trash that you’ve accumulated over your lifetime, start a spiritual growth journey.

It will take some practice to become accustomed to noticing the spiritual part of yourself if you’ve spent your life only observing what can be detected with your physical senses, but simple practices like meditation are a great start.

Begin by dedicating a few minutes each day to developing your sixth sense. Calm down! That doesn’t mean you should see “dead” people. But it does mean that you should become aware of the fact that there is much more to you than this physical body. As you become more and more aware of who you really are, you will stop looking for answers outside of yourself.

• Start appreciating.

It can be difficult to know that there is something about you that is very different from others, even more-so when you’re frowned upon or judged by those that you love. But it does not serve you to be angry with those who are homophobic. It also doesn’t serve you to fear hell, to resist what is natural for you, or to feel guilty about not following the script given to you by your society. Feelings of guilt, anger, shame, and fear have very low vibrations, thus they will hinder you from living the joyful life that is your destiny.

In order to attract a life filled with great relationships, emotional stability, financial abundance, and overwhelming internal joy, the majority of your thoughts must be of a higher vibration. To start allowing law of attraction to manifest your ideal life, replace the negative thoughts with those of appreciation and love.

Here are a few statements about these issues, written from a compassionate, appreciative, loving point of view:

Source loves me just as I am, so I love me just as I am.

They can’t help how they feel about gay people-they are only doing what they think is right.

My parents and my pastor simply want to pass on a tradition that they believe in-they mean well and I appreciate their intention.

Now that I feel good about myself, the Universe will send the most magnificent partner my way for a fairytale romance.

Being different is actually quite fun-I now enjoy standing out from the crowd.

In the words of Joseph Campbell, “Follow your bliss.” Discover yourself, love yourself, forgive yourself, and free yourself. The result will be a wonderful life transformation that defies all understanding.

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Continuing the series on clearing up Law of Attraction misconceptions…

Misconception # 3 – Law of Attraction is against my religion; you shouldn’t believe in Law of Attraction if you believe in God.

This is an interesting one.  It is always my position that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.  Some people believe that Law of Attraction goes against their religious doctrine.  If this is the way that they feel, it is indeed true FOR THEM.  However, that doesn’t make it an undeniable truth.  Law of Attraction describes the way the Universe responds to your thoughts and it will continue to work in that way even if you don’t believe it.  Law of Attraction does not take anything away from God.  In fact, you can refer to Law of Attraction as God.  You can refer to the Universe as God.  No matter what words you use to describe the greatness of our world, it continues to function the same.

I have noticed that Law of Attraction principles are explained in many religious teachings.  There are quite a few similarities, so I’ll name a few.

1)      The story of Joseph in the Christian Bible describes a child who had a dream of becoming king.  Although he was the least likely person to become king and his family didn’t believe in him, he held onto the thought and it manifested.

2)      The Bible emphasizes the importance of faith (or belief).  Law of Attraction says that the Universe responds to your thoughts, particularly your dominant thoughts and beliefs.

3)      As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7.

4)      For Buddhists, the first lines of the Dhammapada are “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.”

Although I can’t see any reason why a religious person should reject Law of Attraction, I believe that we should all follow our inner guidance.  If something feels wrong to you—don’t do it.  But why might Christians or other religious people reject Law of Attraction?  I believe that the cause for concern is that people often want to believe that their way is the only way.  This is especially true of Western religions which blatantly teach that eternal damnation awaits all who choose a different path.  In such cases, people may be discontent with the idea that those who don’t subscribe to their beliefs are living more joyful lives.

For many people, there is comfort in the belief that there is only one answer and that they have it.  They may need to disprove anything contrary to their personal belief in order to continue feeling righteous.  This, in my opinion, will resolve itself as they grow spiritually.  As we become deeply spiritual (not religious), we no longer seek uniformity.  We cease to need others to do what we think is right.  We learn to tune into Inner guidance, thus we no longer need justification or support for our own beliefs.

When it comes to Eastern religions, the disconnect with Law of Attraction is related to the way Law of Attraction is promoted more than with the Universal law itself.  Oftentimes, Law of Attraction is presented to people as a tool for getting what you want.  Whereas religious methodologies like Buddhism teach people to alleviate the wanting.  Because Law of Attraction works best for us when we rid ourselves of obsessive, resistant thoughts, there is a strong parallel here.

Both the approach to Law of Attraction and the approach to religion are evidence of human tendency to take everything to the extreme.  We don’t need to make Law of Attraction deliver our desires.  We simply need to allow it.  We don’t need to completely give up all of our desires.  We simply need to relax about them.  We don’t need to force everyone to believe in our religion.  We simply need to be content with our own beliefs.  The Universe laws are omnipresent and they are affecting every single one of us in a different way.

Law of Attraction Misconception Series Posts

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Nea Justice

Nea is a Transformational Life Coach whose mission is to help you love your life.

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Most famous for his Conversations With God book series, through which Neale offers profound enlightenment to readers as he dialogues with God about everything imaginable, Neale Donald Walsch is one of today’s leading spiritual teachers.

The CWG 3-book series is something that I’ve read multiple times. With each read, I gain a little greater understanding.

These books are something that you will either love or hate. If you are deeply tied to a particular religious idea of God, this book may go against everything that you believe.

If, on the other hand, your mind is open to that which may help you to evolve spiritually, I strongly recommend reading these life-changing books.

Before deciding whether or not to read his books, review some of my favorite Neale Donald Walsch quotes to see if his teachings resonate with you.

Neale Donald Walsch Quotes

A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation.

As the new spirituality begins to become the pervasive spirituality of the planet, we’ll find that we have abandoned our philosophy of contradictions in which we say we’re all one but continue to try to win.

It graduates to ‘our state is better than your state,’ and ‘our nation is better than your nation.’ And it circles all the way around to where it started: ‘Our God is better than your God.’

Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

The new spirituality will also base itself on a third very large spiritual understanding, which is that life is eternal.

In that realm you will know at last the good news: that your “devil” does not exist, that you are who you always thought you were–goodness and love. Your idea that you might be something else has come from an insane outer world, causing you to act insanely. An outer world of judgment and condemnation. Others have judged you, and from their judgments you have judged yourself.

Every prayer – every thought, every statement, every feeling – is creative. You were created to create – not to react. Creation is the highest form of Divinity, and your birthright. Truth is, you are creating all the time. The central question in your life is whether you are doing this consciously or unconsciously.

A hunch is angel talk, and probably should not be ignored. Listen to your hunches, pay attention to your intuition, do not dismiss your random thoughts, inspirations or ideas. Heaven talks in snippets, not in speeches. Angels whisper fast.

Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible.

Go ahead and do what you really love to do! Do nothing else! You have so little time. How can you think of wasting a moment doing something for a living you don’t like to do? What kind of a living is that? That is not a living, that is a dying!

Your mind is right now filled with old thoughts. Not only old thoughts, but mostly someone else’s old thoughts. It’s important now, it’s time now, to change your mind about some things. This is what evolution is all about.

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• All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
• You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
• You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
• When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky
• Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
• Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
• He is able who thinks he is able.
• He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
• Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
• In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
• In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
• It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
• It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
• It is better to travel well than to arrive.
• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
• No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
• The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
• To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Note:  The word Buddha means Awakened One, a person who has reached Enlightenment.  There have been many Buddhas, but these quotes come from the founder of Buddhist religion, Gautama Buddha (birth name Siddhartha Gautama).

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The following Law of Attraction quotes are my favorites from Abraham, the non-physical source that speaks through Esther Hicks.  In my opinion, Abraham offers self improvement information that is absolutely unparalleled.  I hope you’ll enjoy these quotes as much as I have.

• Your emotions are not from your physical world. They come forth from the inner world and are directly communicated to you from your Inner Being.
• From the physical perspective, most of you believe that your beliefs are the right ones, and if you disagree with someone then they must be wrong. But from the Nonphysical standpoint, it is not seen as right and wrong. It is seen as the powerful diversity that stimulates thought, and from the Nonphysical perspective, you enjoy that diversity.
• True enlightenment is moving to the rhythm of the internal inspiration that is coming in response to the individual desire.
• I must be aware of bad things, and guarded about bad things, and I must watch out for bad things by trying to guide myself toward good things. You can’t do both at the same time. You can’t watch out for bad things, and allow good things at the same time. It is vibrationally not possible.
• Well-being is making its way to you at all times. If you will relax and find a way to allow it — it will be your experience.
• When you deliberately seek positive aspects of whatever you are giving your attention to, you, in a sense, tune your vibrational tuner to more positive aspects of everything. And, of course, you could tune yourself negatively as well. But as you are deliberately looking for positive aspects in yourself or in others, you will find more of those things: The better it gets, the better it gets, for you get more and more of what you are thinking about —whether you want it or not.
• There is nothing that you can do that is worse for yourself, than to do something that you believe is inappropriate. And so, get clear and happy about whichever choice you make. Because it is your contradiction that causes the majority of the contradiction in vibration.
• When you understand the Laws, then you understand that it is not more difficult to create a castle than it is a button. They are equal. It is not more difficult to create $10 million than $100,000. It is the same application of the same Law to two different intentions.
• You’re not going to have a lot of people you can talk to about this. There is never a crowd on the leading edge.
• Because we know that life is eternal, and we know that there is no ending to that which you are about, if one of you is killed in an earthquake or crashes your plane, or any number of other very creative ways you have found to make your exit into the Non-Physical, because we know the whole picture, we grieve not a moment for any of you. But from your more shortsighted point of view in physical, a lot of you grieve tremendously.
• Inspiration comes forth from within. It’s what the light burning within you is about, as opposed to motivation, which is doing it because if you don’t do it, there will be negative repercussions. Motivation is making myself do something that I don’t really want to do. Inspiration is having the clear picture of what I am wanting — and letting Universal forces come into play to get the outcome.
• Get so fixated on what you want, that you drown out any vibration or reverberation that has anything to do with what you do not want.
• If this time-space reality has within it the ability to inspire a desire within you, it is absolute that this time-space reality has the ability to yield you a full and satisfying manifestation of that same desire. It is Law.
• If there is no source of illness, why are there so many sick people? It is because they have found lots of excuses to hold themselves in vibrational discord with wellness. They are not letting it in. And when they don’t let it in, the absence of it looks like sickness.
• You are always living a reflection of whatever you are outputting. And so, if you get into a little pocket where a lot of people are being rude, it’s probably because you are being rude — or because you have been aware of people being rude. Nothing ever happens to you that is not part of your vibration!
• Nonphysical is not asking you to ascribe to some specific label or stand in specific corners or in specific synagogues or churches with specific words. You are beings who are blessed and who are deserving of Well-being, and you will find your Well-being in many different ways — and the labels simply do not matter.
• The ‘devil’ is a fictional character made up (and perpetuated) by insecure humans who want to control other insecure humans.
• Find thoughts that feel good, because it is inevitable that you are going to always be moving toward something. So why not be moving toward something that is pleasing? You can’t cease to vibrate, and Law of Attraction will not stop responding to the vibration that you are offering. So, expansion is inevitable. You provide it, whether you know you do, or not. The only question is: what is the standard of joy that you are demanding for yourself? From your Nonphysical perspective, it’s a high, high standard.
• The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you’ve discovered—and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well.

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Nea Justice

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I can’t say enough about Abraham Hicks. My law of attraction journey has included many teachers, programs, books, and videos, but NOTHING has been more helpful for me than the teachings of Abraham through Esther Hicks.

Esther and Jerry Hicks travel the world, stopping to host workshops where participants communicate with a group of non-physical teachers, collectively called Abraham, which speak through Esther about the Universal laws.

I found out about Abraham when searching the Internet for information about the movie, The Secret. I found out that there were two versions of this movie and that Esther Hicks had been edited out of the one currently being distributed.

Within the coming days or weeks, I began to discover Abraham in the book Ask And It Is Given by Jerry and Esther Hicks. This book is still, by far, my favorite of all the books that I have ever read.

I was experiencing the lowest point in my life, but I knew instantly that this book was sent to me through some type of divine order. Even now, I often listen to Abraham on the Ask And It Is Given audio book CD while driving my car.

Through Abraham, I learned the real secrets to living the life of my dreams. Their teachings use easy to understand methods to help people break old habits, remember who-you-really-are, live consciously, and deliberately create a wonderful life by using the universal law of attraction.

Many of today’s greatest teachers of the Universal laws, including law of attraction and deliberate creation, have studied and learned from Abraham.

I am certain that I will never be able to fully express the extent of my gratitude for how Esther Hicks and Abraham have helped me. Nonetheless, I know that this is not the avenue for everyone.

Many people are simply not ready to accept the teachings, or even the existence, of non-physical entities. They may feel that it is too far-fetched or it doesn’t align with their current belief systems. But for those with minds open to receiving, Abraham offers guidance on the Universal laws that is life changing and absolutely unparalleled.

Read my favorite Abraham quotes or review the additional information below.

Learn the life-changing Abraham processes.

Read Esther Hicks’ statement on why they were edited out of the secret.

Synopsis of the teachings of Abraham (excerpted from Abraham Hicks publications)

* You Are a Physical Extension of That Which is Non-physical.
* You Are Here in This Body Because You Chose to Be Here.
* The Basis of Your Life is Freedom; the Purpose of Your Life is Joy.
* You Are a Creator; You Create With Your Every Thought.
* Anything That You Can Imagine is Yours to Be or Do or Have.
* As You Are Choosing Your Thoughts, Your Emotions Are Guiding You.
* The Universe Adores You for it Knows Your Broadest Intentions.
* Relax into Your Natural Well-Being. All is Well. (Really It Is!)
* You Are a Creator of Thoughtways on Your Unique Path of Joy.
* You May Appropriately Depart Your Body Without Illness or Pain.
* You Can Not Die; You Are Everlasting Life.

The Abraham Publications web site sells all of the Esther and Jerry Hicks books, videos, CDs, DVDs, flip calendars, and other items that you can buy to immerse yourself in Abraham materials. I personally prefer taking advantage of the free shipping offers at Amazon. Find Abraham (Esther Hicks) books on Amazon now

Nea Justice

Nea is a Transformational Life Coach whose mission is to help you love your life.

If you desire the “good life” and you want to know how Nea can help you attain it, contact her now.