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A Life Worth Living |
As I sat down to write this morning, I pondered what I wanted to share. There are so many ideas and concepts and then the world is also so busy offering up its opinion that it is easy to get lost in the chaos. I took a few moments to just be and to appreciate that I am alive, that I am drawing breath and that I truly am the master of my own life. Now letting that sink in a little, makes you stop and think for a moment. Is the rushing about really worth everything? Is the life of constant movement everything it is represented to be, or is there something to be discovered in stillness and allowing? Interesting concept, this of letting go and allowing for are we not programmed from a very early stage that nothing comes from nothing, that it is the early bird that catches the worm and let's not forget the biggest one, dreams only happen when we act. I know I have lived by these and that I have also taught some of these over various stages of my life. In fact, I would say I am probably one of the biggest positive thinking believers, but something has shifted in me and I am listening to the soft whisper of my inner soul. It speaks to me of a calm, a peace that cannot be attained by rushing, it comes from the least effort and it definitely says that the way to true harmony happiness is through opening yourself to what lies deep within. That gold that you know intrinsically is there, but which you may have buried under all the thinking that it isn't attainable or that you are not allowed to have it. I know for a fact that we are trained to strive for everything, to become major achievers and we are rewarded as we hit the goals set for us by society. Go back and see how many awards you received for sports or athletics and ask yourself did they hand those out to people who chose not to participate? Of course not, we are quick to say for they did nothing. Really how do we know what they wanted? We presume that a lack of activity means someone is lazy and that they are choosing to be a bind on society, but is that really so? Come on, you only have to consider the life of a Buddhist monk to know that is ludicrous. For these guys spend their days in meditation and service and they are fed by the people in the community. So no activity is acceptable as so long it is spent in inner reflection? So how does that translate to someone living in a urban world, conducting themselves in a normal life? What principles are real and applicable here? A monk does what he is called to do and what he cannot avoid no matter what as it is an intrinsic part of who he is. not just what he does. Stop and consider this just for a moment. Are you doing what you have accepted as being your only option? Or are you so in love with what you are doing that you wouldn't change it one little bit? Can you imagine doing the same things right up till the day you die, or are you waiting to start living when you retire? How are you defining your concept of success? Is it the house, the car, the career, the family, the things materially that make you fit in? Or is it that you already fit because you are part of the greater collective of light and that nothing exists that is not connected to all life anyhow? Do you see yourself in others and are you allowing your truth to shine through you so others may be welcomed and warmed by who you are? Ooh now this is getting scary for we like our barriers or boundaries. We like keeping everything at a distance and engaging only at times. I know that my own foibles are starting to quiver as I am writing, for like everyone else, I have built my life around what suits me, what I believe defines me and what I feel also separates me from the humdrum. But what if this is what limits me? What if my concept of life is a hindrance to my living a life of fulfilment? I am questioning this of late for it has become apparent to me that life means we are inter-connected and that I succeed when you succeed, I love when you love, I rejoice when you rejoice. I breathe you in and you breathe me in, check it out scientifically, it will freak you out. Energy is literally just exchanged and when we are in this world, as we are, we are absorbing atoms from everyone that has ever lived and we are sharing the same with everyone that is living now. So Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and every conceivable sage, avatar, ascended being and I are one; by the mere fact that we cannot be on this earth and yet not be part of the greater consciousness that holds it all together. Ok, so now I am one with all life. I can accept that, but what of my dreams and my desires? Are they meant to be fulfilled or are they mere wishes with no actual foundation? If we look at the origin of said dream it becomes way easier. If it comes from deep within you where there are no filters, no rules no questioning, then it will naturally also be for the good of many and not harm others . By that I mean let's say you desire a car, a fancy sports car. That could be a good desire unless you imagined that you stole it or that you took it from someone else. It has to come from a pure place. You can have that sports car if it makes you feel alive and happy and when you can see, feel and imagine yourself enjoying the pleasure of driving it whilst bringing harm to no one. It won't come easily if you imagine racing on the highway to put others noses out of joint or if you want it to catch some guy/girl. It has to be because you just love it and you feel more empowered and connected to living joyously when you have it. You can have the things you desire as long as you desire them truly and then hold fast to those without allowing circumstances and thinking to rob you from having them. That takes an altered state of being. For it takes dedication to stay the distance when the world around you or opinion says the opposite. Just ask anyone who is trying to fall pregnant and month after month it is no. Ask anyone who is waiting for that ideal soul mate and each day falls asleep alone. Ask anyone who is asking for help in getting the lovely home of their dreams, whilst living with others or being without financial means to procure said home To gain the life worth living, you need to do some things. You need to know what it is you really want, I mean really know, not sort of know. You need to get serous and honest with yourself. Once you get this, you will see that many of the so called things you thought you wanted are window dressing and not real. Then you need to recognise that nothing comes to you through your own effort. Nothing whatsoever, that is ego talking for everything comes from higher realms. Your dreaming it, planning it, is actually consciousness being given to you. When you let go of all your plans and assume that it is already yours and that you can have and be anything your heart desires, you kick-start a new revolution. One that opens doors, manifests miracles and increases your gratitude for you see that it had nothing to do with you after all, You are just here being instead of doing. It is astounding how this will alter your perception for you will start spending more time in the dreaming state, holding visions rather than working yourself into a stupor. This inner guidance system will show you when to act, where to do what and when and you will maximise all opportunities and so attain true success as your soul will literally lead you to higher realms of being and in so doing bring to you all you need to live the life of your destiny. Test it out, you won't be disappointed. I know my life has altered dramatically since I started letting this sink in and I am seeing the manifestation of my dreams in all I do. I am grateful for the life I am living as it rewards me daily with wondrous encounters and great moments of life and light and I am blessed in all things. All I desire is mine and is manifest now and always. I am merely walking in a life of abundant blessing. I finally got it, all I desire is to teach, to write and to inspire and I am doing that now. I really looked at this and asked what I would change and what I would add and once I got a handle on this, I started relaxing into the knowing that it exists already. It is mine, I am this and the people I am meant to help are coming to me from a variety of ways. I dream at night of reaching people and helping them for this is my service, the alleviating of the burdens and the education of a life worth living. I see myself uplifting and contributing positively and it excites me, I see myself taking time to grow my knowledge and to commune with spirit and it thrills me. I see myself taking time to be in nature and to travel so I can engage with different cultures and that makes my heart sing. I see myself playing with my loved ones and having time to breathe, to absorb and to be. Life is worth every breath and I am revelling in the glory of it. I get it. I am meant to celebrate and be happy for this is my gift to the world. A vibration of light and joy that abounds ceaselessly. How about you? |
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