Morning PhilosophersNotes tribe! To start off this week, we’ll be studying Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Choquette.
Sonia has been a contributor to FinerMinds and I interviewed her a few months ago for the FinerMinds audience. She was also voted the MOST POPULAR FinerMinds author in last year’s poll on “Who Do You Want to See More Of on FinerMinds”. (For the record, Abraham-Hicks came second and Janet Attwood came third.)
Trust Your Vibes by Sonia Choquette
“Trusting your vibes is a way of life that creates a partnership with God and moves through you each day as though it were a dance with the Divine. What you will discover when practicing these six-sensory secrets is that for every step you take toward Divine Spirit by trusting your vibes, it will take a step toward you—and together, you’ll create a life of grace, harmony, simplicity, and abundance. This may seem far-fetched and unlikely to the five-sensory person, but to the six– sensory psychic and soulful person, this is only the beginning. It keeps getting better and better.”
~ Sonia Choquette from Trust Your Vibes
And a few words from Brian:
Alright. So you know about your five sense: vision, smell, touch, hearing and taste. But let’s not forget about our sixth!
Sonia likes to call our sixth sense our “vibes” and in this great book we learn the “secret tools for six-sensory living.” It’s a fun, inspiring book packed with Big Ideas to help us tap into our intuition/emotional guidance system/good ol’ vibes to create an extraordinary life.
If that sounds like fun I think you’ll dig the book. For now, let’s jump in!
And as always, what’s your BIGGEST Aha! moment from this Note and how are you going to implement the wisdom from today into your life? Drop a comment and let the discussions roll!
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Over the years, my intuition has served me extremely well and I now trust it enough to listen and take the action my sub-conscious is guiding me towards. I took two clear messages out of this note:
1] I need to rest more! As a self-confessed workaholic with two children, a puppy, a husband and a business to run, I’m always busy and highly productive. But I only ever rest when I’m on holiday and even then I take my laptop and never totally switch off mentally. This year, I’m going to build in rest time so I can recharge myself physically, emotionally and mentally.
2] Negative thoughts are toxic — I totally agree with this and I will do anything to avoid ‘toxic’ people! However, I need to be more aware of when I’m being toxic to others and to change my state immediately. It doesn’t happen very often that I’m in a bad mood and it’s usually because of the demands others place on me when I need to ‘rest’ but I want to eliminate ‘moods’ once and for all so I can become the person I need to be to achieve the success I desire and deserve.Aujourd’hui, je me sens bien dans ma peau!
LEARNINGS
Hello, all. Got lots to celebrate today. Made excellent progress on the soulful project that I jump started last week. I’m not quite as far along as I’d envisioned (I’m an optimist!) AND I cleared the brush away, re-wrote the project plan, and devoted time each day to forwarding the project. It’s a rockin’ win!
As for today’s reading, my big aha corresponds to another personal celebration point. My partner of 22 years has been experiencing major health challenges for the past 5 years. She’s finally had a turnaround in her health that has stabilized as the result of being able to treat effectively a root-cause condition. While looking at a picture that our daughter took of us over the weekend, it feels like we’ve both stepped out of a time machine and back into 2005. My wife looks better and healthier than she has in years; however, I was not looking so great. My intuition was telling me that I had subconsciously hit the “pause” button on certain aspects of my life, especially some of the self care aspects. I look and feel very happy and quite tired simultaneously. It occurred to me that what had changed for me most was my exercise practice. The change was subtle, but the effects have been profound.
EXPERIMENT (solution, this time)
I have simply returned to the exercise practice that served me well for many years — a kind of walking meditation. I realized that I had made a slight adjustment to my schedule several years ago to accommodate my situation without thinking about how that would alter my exercise practice. It did, and my exercise had gotten very sporadic. On a lighter note, here’s a 1-minute video of a wonderful 92-year-old creativity/intuition mentor of mine chatting about how she dealt creatively with email spam with unsent poetic responses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_yud6qC-SQ
Hi Tom, well I just had me an Aha!! moment…working on the ‘vibes’ … just reading your post and thinking Yes!! so were not alone in the journey.….decided to SMILE (stimulate my internal love energy) while I ruminate…sure to be more successful.….deciding to walk everyday.….. dont you just love those Aha! moments…
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Oh the youtube clip…get the same thing…isnt it lucky we women have an awesome sense of humour!!
yes! I like the SMILE! thank you!!
Hey thank you… I for one am up for it being a daily practice.… hey hourly if needs be
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LOVE the meaning for smile…it’s fantastic
Hey babygill, thanks for the SMILE acronym. That’s a treasure! And yes, you gals are awesome! ~ Tom
Of course y’all have a sense of humor…you marry us men, don’t ya?
Ha! that is sooo true, but Ive not had that pleasure yet Mark…not found one to appreciate my warped humour yet!!
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…absolutely luuuuuv the ‘smile’ acronym… brilliant!
I’ll carry that with me and pass it on to others for a very long time!
Hey thank you, it was given to me a few days ago by a lady that said that my messages project lots of smiles.. Im all for paying it forward..if it makes you feel good go with it
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SMILE !!!! BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you , it is indeed what I need to practice, Stimulate My Internal Love Energy
Beautiful gift Thank you sister
Here’s my gift, maybe you already know about it, but just in case : http://www.wishsummit.com
it’s starting march 8th , a free online seminar dedicated to Women’s Overrall Health with a lot of great speakers ( Brian Johnson will be part of it actually!), all this in the comfort of your own home!!
Hi Emilie
Thank you.… I didnt know about it and have just signed up, hey Im up for learning something new…
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Just have to work out the time zone thingy.. ..thanks for posting.. Much Love to ya
Great to hear about your partners turnaround in health. It’s so easy to forget about ourselves when we are busy caring for others. Well done, for realising, and taking action
Maxine
Thanks, Maxine. I’m in full agreement with the caring for others bit. Sometimes a tiny change at the origin can really affect one’s trajectory. As for realizing and taking action, feeling fortunate to be participating in this challenge AND for having an actual change in external/environmental circumstances — it’s like that extra icing that’s left over in the bowl after icing a cake! Happy Monday, Maxine! Tom
[2] They are subtle things, usually overlooked. Often they take no money, only attention. Sit facing your wife or a friend, each listing as fast as possible the little things that give you (and maybe no one else) pleasure. (Important to do this without thinking, hence “fast.”)
Then just do one for yourself, maybe only a few minutes a day. Consciousness of “feeding your spirit” counts. Though I’ve had a habit of feeling “I don’t have time,” I know Sonia is right. The few minutes out to feed the spirit pays high dividends.
Example: On the way to work I love to stand on the lover level Michigan Avenue bridge, other commuters streaming past, while I watch the river currents, counting the ice flows. In another season the rowers from Northwestern U. will skull by on their way to the lake, a black lab riding the prow of the coach’s boat.
Occasionally some commuter wag says, “Don’t jump.” I reply, “I just did.”
Chris, I love the image of you and that passer by and you saying “I just did.” A moment. I feel it.
Lol Chris.…It’s nice to know that you can jump as many times as you like, eh?
[1] Tom, so great to hear your wife is experiencing a turn-around in her health. Discovering a root cause of something that’s bothered for a long time is *really* an occasion for a high celebration.
You know what, Tom? You’re doing a good thing for yourself by getting back to your walking meditation (a favorite of mine too). But I’m going out on a limb here and wondering if you might not be in a habit of putting everything to a use — for a good purpose, to be sure — but still with a slight tinge of the action fitting into an overall plan. I’m not saying this well, but I am speaking from personal experience of having done the same. What Sonia Choquette would prescribe is FEED YOUR SPIRIT.
Feeding your spirit serves no other end that pleasing something deep inside Tom himself, something that would generally be thought to serve no purpose, to be useless. These are not the big things — like Canfield’s list of 30 things each to have, do or be.
Chris, I’d say you were right on, at least with one aspect of the habit ;0-) Thank you for sharing your wonderment. This is very true of much of my learning/doing behavior, and not very true of my personal relationship behavior. I sure hope I don’t come across as believing/viewing/relating to the wonderful people in my life (including you) instrumentally — whether toward good or bad ends. I draw my conclusions from a lifetime of feedback from others and the many stable long-term friendships I experience. Internally, I experience this “habit” has a curiosity and a wonder at the interconnectedness of all — kind of an integral experience of life. Occasionally, I’ll get a bit rabid with the projects. I usually take time out to smell the roses, though it may be after I’ve just lifted my leg on the bush. Oops! Happy Monday to you, Chris! ~ Tom
Oh, hey, no. I didn’t mean to imply you treat anyone instrumentally. Only yourself, maybe?
The rose bush, thing! Terrific!
No worries! Yes, I’ll accept that assertion IF we change “maybe” to “occasionally.” Like many folks, I’m a complex cat. I’m a sinner, a saint, a striver, and a sublimer. I’m also an “anyone.” In my response/acceptance, I’m attempting to clarify my rejection of the presupposition carried by the universal quantifier “everything” in your original post.
ohhhh…You are all making me smile and giggle over your comments today! It’s nice to see so much lightness and humor. I would suggest perhaps smelling the roses that are just a bit over fromm the ones you lifted your leg on though.
Threethrees, so wise! I’ll also go downwind and stay away from the yellow snow. Take care and thanks for your comment — it made me chuckle!
Yeah, Dude, that strikes true…what Chris said. If your walking meditation succumbs to intent it becomes a slave to the mind. The mind is what needs to be set apart and let nothingness take over. I am “methodically” sure I have full power and a clean card when taking my walking photographic meditative tours. Nothing can shrapnel bomb a commune with nature more effectively than a glitch in the method of getting there. Much better to stay in and meditate on your navel.
Good news about your wife’s health and your awareness that you need to care for yourself. It immediately made me think of my friend and his fiancee. He has had multiple surgeries in the past 5 weeks, and he is recovering very well, but she is very stressed from caring for him. I took them dinner yesterday, and my heart just opened to both of them. She is perhaps in more pain now than he. Reading your comment today makes me think that I should reach out to her, now that the fears about his health seem to be subsiding. Blessings to you and your wife.
Thank you Stephanie. You’re sure a sweet friend! Taking your friends to dinner and really being present with them is such a gift. In my experience, just being able to relax, chat and enjoy each other’s company “normally” can be such a relief during such times. Thanks for sharing your story and for the blessings! Blessings to you as well! ~ Tom
Hi Tom
Thank you for sharing this morning. First let my say that learning about your wife’s health challenges has open something inside. My wife and I are not grateful enough for the great health we are enjoying, although we are grateful I think we should celebrate everyday. You are presenting a great lesson today by sharing your situation and I appreciate you very much for that. I have a notion that from now on your life as individuals and as a family is about to improve even further than you can think off. Every so often I have these notion about someone, most time I don’t share them and I should. So because of your presence I feel encouraged today.
Thank you
Hi Bernard,
Your welcome! Thank you for your kind words. And thank you for celebrating with me! If only for a day, a week, or a month, it’s such a joy for me to experience another person I love so deeply feeling so much much better after such a long time. Also, thanks to you and all the other forum members for commenting and allowing me to share this celebratory news and personal revelation. My situation is one of those 10% environmental factors the positive psychologists talk about. I appreciate the windfall. It’s all good AND this is a little extra good!
[4] After visualizing, stop ruminating and I automatically stop procrastinating. I *do not need* to figure it out, spending time instead “feeding my spirit,* another of Sonia’s principles. All the books cover these precepts, e.g. “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.” But not all lay out practical means of putting them into effect the way Sonia Choquette does.
A word on difference between Sonia’s intuitive teachings and the Silva method. It’s not a case of either/or, it’s both. Silva techniques are also practical and highly effective, with emphasis on creating reference points for furthering our own practice. But training relies more on explanation and scientific study than Sonia’s work. Her strength lies in showing people how to generate and manage energy, the high vibrations.
We’ve read how breath changes fear to exhilaration. Sonia adds that a key to knowing we’re are on the right path is whether we feel fear AND excitement at the same time. Fear alone is a danger sign. Excitement alone will not carry us far. The combination of fear and excitement is powerful fuel. Scared, but dying to do it anyway.
Today, look someone in the eye, and share a breathe.
Chris, what a finish! “Scared, but dying to do it anyway.” And thanks for the reminder about not needing to fully know how before we can act. I see you … breathing in … breathing out .….
I can entirely relate to feeling fear and excitement at the same time with my recent decision to do this school program. I told a friend of mine how I was feeling, and she immediately commented that my combination of fear and excitement meant I was in the right place!
Whoa.…You are on a roll today…intense and to the point.
I had read that making love while sharing breaths creates the optimum experience. I wouldn’t want to add fear to that mix, but there is a lot to be said for optimal attention to breathing in ANY exercise.
Hi Chris,
I haven’t posted much on this (amazing!) forum but have been following the discussions for some time. I’m always deeply impressed when I read what you write. I’m an aspiring writer myself and PN has helped me face that calling and dive into it. In the past I was always afraid to begin, but Brian really inspired me to do so.
Anyway, I was wondering if I could contact you directly to ask you some questions about the writing life. You seem to have so much knowledge and seem to be very generous with your ideas… My address is alexeisoma@gmail.com.
Hope I’m not breaking some sacred rule of foruming by writing this!
Cheers, and keep all the insightful goodness coming everybody!
[3] “I don’t know, and I don’t *need* to know!” (Emphasizing enough?) From today’s PNote, one aspect is ending toxic rumination. The mind running on its little rodent wheel is dangerous enough when feeling good, but deadly when the mood is bad (and it’s bad mainly because energy is low – pull in to the gas station, top up your tank.)
When at last it penetrated that I did *not* need to know, I found myself relying on the tool of Holding Space. (Wayne Dyer might say “holding an intention.”) I focus in advance on what I want to create, per principles of all the books we read, then cease ruminating entirely, bad mood or good. If the mind wants to run on its little wheel, I stop the words with the single wordless mantra of *Hold the Space.* That’s all. Don’t think, don’t fiddle with plans. Just hold space open.
At the appointed time, merely show up at the appointed place. As I approach, my conscious mind will truly feel there is “nothing there.” Begin as if blindly, not knowing. What has wordlessly collected in the vessel created by holding space will begin to flow. TRUST it.
[2] “I don’t know, and I don’t *need* to know!” For me this key phrase wiped out even the possibility of procrastination.
“Get out of your head!”
Basic precepts, but much easier said than done. Our heads so dominate it’s hard to imagine another possibility. Ceasing to rely on “figuring it out” takes a personal paradigm shift. You can’t learn it from a book, you have to live it. Fortunately Sonia offers countless tools to assist practice, and more important, teaches you how to develop your own tools.
A journey may start with Sonia, but doesn’t end there, nor would she want it to. What she does is propel you into a high-energy life, where you take 100% responsibility for raising the energy level. Changing energy, bumping it up at will, is the secret to changing your thoughts, which as we know, changes feelings, and on along the TFAR chain.
Consistently applying six-sensory tools, you generate the energy it takes to “eat stress like Power Bars.” Living consciously as a Six-Sensory, receptive to both the subconscious below and Source Energy from above, creates the ultimate Flow state.
[1] “I don’t know, and I don’t *need* to know!”
Said (shouted, sang), preferably, while dancing around the room to loud music with a raucous beat. Whaaat? Just one of Sonia’s outrageous sayings, one that penetrates only through practice. For Sonia, it starts out “Playfully” with a capital *P.* (Not sure a low-energy word like ‘diligently’ makes her list.)
Trying to capture Sonia Choquette is like trying to bottle lightning. She radiates her teaching, her books but a distant echo. (Also, the books she wrote under the influence of Julia Cameron before signing on with Hay House are, in my opinion, her best works. “Your Heart’s Desire: Instructions For Creating the Life You Really Want” is outstanding.) This is one reason why today’s PNote seems to emphasize more points from other books than from Sonia’s.
She is a true psychic, no matter the trend softening it to ‘intuitive.’ Three minutes in her company can reveal to you more of yourself than three decades struggling alone. A student may not learn to be psychic (or even want to) but Sonia can transform lives by showing everyone how to live as a Six-Sensory.
Wow Chris, you’ve got me more excited about Sonia than the note did. I’m going to look for the book you recommend. Thanks.
Ah, Julia Cameron…that explains it. Wonderful association indeed. I would love to see them both. This is indeed another book on my list. When all is said and done, I’ll have 100 books for 100 PNotes. Some I have had for years, others I must have. I can totally resonate with Sonia, because I feel for her way of expression. Like I said in my post, it has a New Agey feel…and that’s not bad.
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Good morning, good people! When I typed this the first time, it came out as “God morning” appropriate given today’s author. So, God Morning to each of you. There is something sweet about that word, God, this morning. This morning, as the word sits inside of me, it has full, open felt sense to it. Hmm … cool. I am marinating in one particular idea this morning – that our only job is to tend our garden, to cultivate an environment that is conducive for Life in all its variety and majesty to flourish through me. How simple is that? Rest, hydrate, move, eat well, read, write, mediate, do the work, allow. Keep the soil healthy and just watch what beauty comes forth. There is surrender and ease in this. Simple. Elegant. “We create a desirable state for all psychic systems by giving our body optimum care.” I mean really? Everything can be summed up with that one quote. Of course I love and need the reminder to use conscious breathing and love the nudge to cultivate ways to siphon off adrenalin and ruminating thought loops. And yet, these are both simply specifics each of which is held within Sonia’s ultimate teaching – to take care of the garden. Big love to you guys.
LOL. God morning to you too!
I think it’s time to get that phrase in wide spread use.
Yes John, God morning, namaste, we are all simply( or perhaps complexly
) aspects of creation (God). I really like the way todays note gave you a sense of easiness and simplicity. I think that a lot of times we tend to complicate things more than is really necessary, and it’s refreshing when we can clear all of that away.
My favorite idea was about God: The Ultimate Gardener — “God’s wisdom will fulfill our deepest intentions once we set them in motion. Our part is to create the perfect conditions for the Universe to flow through us…” I am currently designing the ideal way to create my days to include these practices: 1) meditation (with Holosync); 2) exercise; 3) visualization; 4) learning new info; 5) writing/journaling; 6) loving myself at a deeper level (with Louise Hay affirmations). I want to move from being over-read, yet under-done to fully creating the perfect conditions for the Universe to flow through me. May we all find the path and practices that nurture our souls. Happy day, PN Tribe!
I like gardening metaphors too, Angela. I used to assess the condition of my life by my garden, particularly my rose beds. If they were in disarray and unkempt, you could guarantee my life was going that way as well. I’m still working on my daily routine, and with time-keeping I am getting a really good grip on it. There are still a few anomalies to overcome but, all in all, it’s all good. Great to see the structure you have implemented. I’m still not completely sold on Holosync. I know it is great, I’ve experienced it in brevity. I just refuse to commit to something that needs power or batteries or pharmaceuticals. I will get to the level I wish the old-fashioned way, perhaps.
“Dwelling on the past is perhaps one of the greatest obstacles to Spirit. The more we focus on or even glamorize what happened to us yesterday, especially how unfair or unpleasant it was, the more we guarantee that we’ll miss the subtle Divine Guidance being relayed to us at the moment.”
This is something that I know a lot of intelligent and loving people have to work on. I used to be one of them, I still have those times here and there though where I get to caught up in it. But, it is the past thats why we must leave it there. We miss out on the present because of looking back. Although, our past shaped who we are today and we are grateful for that, but there is so much around us to be grateful for right now. Now that I am beginning to find myself, key word *beginning*, I hope to help inspire others to do the same. My sister came into town this past weekend, she seems to get lost in her fantasy books and looks back at everything our father did in negative ways and believes this helped her become the person she is today. I only disagree because she doesn’t look back and think of anything positively so how can she bring anything truly positive to the table for herself and her children. She is very intelligent and a great mother, but seems to be disconnected with the world and is okay with it. I hope I helped her realize that she needs to be more open and hopefully I showed her that by showering her with loving thoughts the whole time.
Not only will I implement these learnings into my own life, which is becoming easier and easier to do, but hopefully I can help inspire others by doing so.
Much Love PN Tribe!! Hope you have a wonderful beautiful grateful and satisfying day. = ) ~ Alissa ~
Nice post Alissa! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful beautiful grateful and satisfying day!
Beautiful gestures toward your sister, Alissa. If she’s still living in a fantasy she hasn’t been forced by reality to meet herself head on. You can’t do a thing about that, just be there for her. Rude awakenings are a bear, as I found out by being a co-dependent. After “enlightenment” I could also no longer blame my father. Once a person knows the cause, the responsible thing to do is accept responsibility and move forward, not remain shackled to ghosts of the past.
1) Whenever I am going through changes in my life, I tend to go through extremes in changes of behavior, like the pendulum swinging from one side to the other. Sometimes the extreme is to the right for a time, and then I’ll swing over to the left for a while. I guess my spirit wants to experience everything there is to experience. At some point there seems to be a settling at some place in the middle, a balance. Now I wonder if the cycle starts all over again, as I find myself struggling with being more active physically on one hand and very active spiritually on the other hand. I could be so much better if I would just commit myself to the physical, however I feel somewhat guilty on some level as if I don’t deserve to have the full benefit of the life changes that I am making until I actually start showing some sort of financial progress
Anetcs, you commit yourself to the path straight ahead. The balance. Of course you are not going to see immediate smooth sailing, but now that you know the extremes you are able to pull control away from them and plot a smoother course. All your past wide swings were consequences of events and decisions you made in your life. Now you may be tempted to steer sharply form them as they come your way, but “dance with the Spirit” and feel yourself ease into the flow that takes you through the turbulence. It’s there…you can feel it, you know what it looks like.
Mark thank you for both of your comments. I struggle daily with the want and don’t want mind wrestling and am making progress a little at a time. I think I was on the fence of committing myself fully to what I have set out to do. I spoke with my sister last night hoping for some good feedback but sometimes family are the worst sounding board. It made me realize that if I don’t get more passionate about what I am doing, I may as well go back to what I was doing before. I realized that I am not at an extreme in the swing but hanging out somewhere in the middle. I need to “swing and dance with the Spirit”! Much love.…
2) . So I feel compelled to just continue diligently on tracks 1 and 2 of knowledge and spirit while staying completely off track 3 the physical. Not sure where this is going but anyway, I took the Intuition test after reading and listening to today’s note. I really thought I would score higher since I proclaim to have found my purpose and all, but I feel stuck now and can’t seem to figure out what is the correct next step in my path. Letting go of the outcome and leaving it up to source sounds good but how do I put it into practice is my dilemna.
Any words of encouragement or insight would be great!
Anetcs, I have something I would like to say to you. If something is repeatedly returning to your consciousness, it’s because you need/want it to. Perhaps now is the time for you to take a baby step in one direction while running full tilt in another. If your spiritual path is the one you feel you are running down, then you could easily combine the physical with it. One example, would be by taking a very small walk daily, even just to the end of the block and back, and use that time to meditate on all the wonder in the world, the wind blowing, the rain/snow falling, automobiles, planes, trees, flowers, grass, birds,dogs, people, you could even theorize on how all things are really just the same one thing no matter how separate it all seems. That way you could be focusing your conscious efforts on the spiritual aspects, while giving yourself the benefit of some good physical practices as well. You are doing a great job, keep up the good work
Great insight, 33s. In addition, Anetcs, in The Secret the notion of wishing things away or saying “I don’t want…” immediately places us in the position of having negatives come our way. We must think in terms of what we want, not what we don’t want. Hope this helps a bit.
Thank you 33’s I will give that a try. I am essentially limiting myself by not combining the two and I can see that clearly now. I love this forum!
Anects,
It’s funny, this morning I went out to go running. And then I stopped after taking just a couple of steps. I stopped because I felt like what I really MUST be doing is job-hunting. Because I don’t have income coming in right now, it makes me anxious and makes me feel like I don’t deserve the time that running takes. So I really hear where you’re coming from.
Figuring out the correct next step is so hard! Especially when there is so much pulling us in so many directions. What I am trying to do since discovering PN and getting a lot more clear about my purpose is to just continue taking those baby steps that are walking towards the creative goals that I have for this year. Sometimes they’re not even baby steps. It’s more of an ant stuck in molasses. But they’re still steps! And walking forward toward your dream still brings you some joy, I think.
In any case, I think that the fact that you are thinking so much about these things, working with them, struggling through them, is really amazing and great. Very few people do that. And I am certain that it’s going to lead you to greater joy and greater fulfillment.
Anects,
It’s funny, this morning I went out to go running. And then I stopped after taking just a couple of steps. I stopped because I felt like what I really MUST be doing is job-hunting. Because I don’t have income coming in right now, it makes me anxious and makes me feel like I don’t deserve the time that running takes. So I really hear where you’re coming from.
Figuring out the correct next step is so hard! Especially when there is so much pulling us in so many directions. What I am trying to do since discovering PN and getting a lot more clear about my purpose is to just continue taking those baby steps that are walking towards the creative goals that I have for this year. Sometimes they’re not even baby steps. It’s more of an ant stuck in molasses. But they’re still steps! And walking forward toward your dream still brings you some joy, I think.
In any case, I think that the fact that you are thinking so much about these things, working with them, struggling through them, is really amazing and great. Very few people do that.
Hi SomaSoma, I like your analogy of the ant stuck in molasses. I have been feeling that lately. Time to pull myself out of the molasses even if it means prying out one sticky foot at a time. lol Thanks for the encouragement. Love and light.…
When I was younger , and I don’t know when the change occurred, can’t remember, I was a bundle of fun even the more serious thins could be funny for me I always found the humor into everything. I remember one time I was in the army and I volunteered for a wake for one of our fallen comrade, a young man same age as me. During my two hours guard by the coffin I took advantage to meditate on life itself. Remembering things, thinking about the soldier that gave his life, sadness was there for the starting life extinct to early. I could have been in the coffin myself. As that thought was crossing my mind, a bout of laughter surged from deep down. It took all my concentration to keep serious. If I would have been alone I think I would have laughed myself silly, But I wasn’t. An officer came by presenting his respect and looking at me he asked” why are you smiling” well I didn’t know I was. I replied that I was thinking I could be in there myself; he shook his head in agreement, but gave me a dirty look when I said “perhaps he is the better of both of us” I thought his reaction was quite funny. I left the site with peace in my heart. And that’s the way I used to be everything was not so serious and there was always something to be happy about in any situation and at the same time something to be grateful. And that attitude got me ostracized, banished and exorcized, I was judged as premature and needing to grow up, with a childlike attitude I could not be trusted. Believe you and me I could be when it was time to performed I performed very well. I could do things that no one else could do, and I was good at it. But at the end of all exercise, I could find the fun in it and that got me a lot of trouble from my superiors and pears. When something needed to be done guess who they ask, and it was always with the comment, “now Tritz, this is serious”.
When I realized at age 23 that I was becoming a slave of alcohol, I quit drinking and from one day to the next I was totally alone, I had to re adjust my life. I met one friend and we had a great time together, but that didn’t simplify my life. Off course my position demanded that I be present at all celebration but I refused to drink alcohol and that alone set me apart from the rest and I could hear the comments, and I kept thinking it was funny really. So I ended up being the one that could be rallied on for doing the clean up after the party and there was no way out. The bargain was with me not them and I kept away from booze for years after that. Today I am social, I will have one drink maybe two and that is, the extend of my drinking. Today I don’t care what people think, but somewhere along the line I have lost founding the humor and pleasure into everything. I am working on getting it back and there is hope, it’s a stiff hill to climb. I still look at the past with a certain humor, the present is not so funny anymore, and it should be because it is much better than the past. As I am writing these words, tears are running down my face, although I am happier today my soul is crying for something more and I find it difficult to discover what it is that my souls is looking for. Quitting drinking and smoking and other bad habits was much easier than this. I am practicing all the right things, I have a great attitude, serving and positive, most time I feel on top of the world, but I am alone there. Or it seems.
I have been setting mighty goals for myself, I have a great vision and I am doing all I can and all that’s in my ability to do. The whole things, sometimes, look likes a carrot at the end of a stick and I feel like the stupid mule that think he can get it if he tries hard enough. We al know the outcome of that story, don’t we? And I think it’s funny…. Lately I have been thinking on writing a comedy about the low of attraction and its practice that could be funny? Because sometimes it looks to me like another one of those crazy hoax. Something is happening to me and I am not sure what it is.
This fifty days challenge is taking me places where I never gone before and I thought I went places that scared most people I know. Believe it or not but 30 years ago I visited hell, and I never thought I would go to even more challenging places. And I am. Will I survive it? That doesn’t really matter. More important will I found my way out. ‘Cause I am not turning around, no matter what. And here I am, and that’s funny. I think I trust my instinct here… And it’s scary…
Bernard,
I just wanted to say that the things you wrote really moved me. I can really relate to a lot of what you’re saying.
I think we all sometimes (very often) feel like the mule working hard to get that unreachable carrot. Days of effort go by, effort on ourselves, effort put out into the world, and not much changes. We get frustrated. That’s how I feel today. I’m looking for a job and having some trouble finding one. It makes me feel bad, naturally.
However, I do totally believe, in a very rational way, that dripping water carves out the stone and that with continual effort we really are “bound to be successful”. That’s true for me and that’s also true for you.
I can also relate to feeling happy and smiling a lot when the entire world tells us that we should be so very serious. I’ve often tried to work on being more serious, on smiling less, on being more “real” and “natural” somehow. But if I’m happy, I am happy — and that’s a wonderful thing. Even if I’m standing next to a coffin.
I think you have a wonderful, brave attitude in trying to understand what it is that your soul is seeking. The seeker will find what they are seeking, I believe that as well. Thank you for writing this and keep on seeking, Bernard.
Hello Alexei
Thank you for your comment, I think it’s very important to hear from others experiencing similar thoughts and feeling. And it is OK to talk about it and then let it go. In our group we have an exercise that we call “zen bitching” It goes this way. When someone experience hard time they are allowed to “bitch” about it a for a set time usually 20 minutes. Then the group or individual send energy and offer prayer to the one feeling down. After that no one ever mention the situation again. Work well in most case. Works well for me. So I think it is OK to let the steam out and vent just for a short time and then go on. And for the bleeding heart that promote the “be positive at all time” I say, well I won’t go there.
Thank you for your support.
Breathe, breathe, and breathe some more Bernard, big deep down i your belly breaths…you are doing it. A favorite quite of mine is “It’s always darkest before the dawn, but the dawn surely comes” It may seem like a carrot on the end of a stick that you will never reach but that’s just an optical illusion. It seems to me, from reading your posts, that you are a light-hearted individual. Yes, our conditioning can do a lot to change who we really are, but the first step back towards where (and who) we want to be is shining the light of awareness. I love your idea about a comedy centered on LOA. I think many people would like to see it.
Right there with you waiting for the sunrise.
That’s some pretty heavy breathing, 33s. Are you sure you’re in the right forum?
The dark and dawn quote was a favorite of my grandmother’s. Then I’d ask how dark is dark? Job (Job 3:3–6) said “Let that day be darkness, no light to shine upon it, let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it, let the blackness of the day terrify it. That night, let the thick darkness seize it.” Wow! That dude was bummed major-league, and certainly was a far cry from the dawn at that time. Some times we ride so high and fall so low that little hope is seen. Until just one crack lets some light in. That’s all it takes, no matter how impermeable seems the darkness. One flicker of a flame. One small spark dispels ALL darkness, and that is why we keep pushing forward. It’s the human condition. After the dawn comes a bright new day. I don’t remember where I was going with this but, heck, I said it. I just got really wrapped up in Job last year, devouring the excesses described therein.
Hi, Bernard. I completely understand what you are saying. I was a class clown from elementary school on…much to my grandfather’s chagrin. He, as my fifth and sixth grade teacher, had to endure my shenanigans. I only got additional consideration because of my IQ or advanced placement. Otherwise it woulda been detention-city…had we had it. I kept with the humor for years, in and out of situations. It helped me survive. Then, about the time the Twin Towers fell, my life took a turn. I had made a proclamation that if I didn’t take myself seriously, no one else could. Things got bad, then they got worse. From 2005 ’til present I’d been in a spiraling descent, now a slow one rising. I can type out humor, one-liners, and crack them in company. But I can do it without a smile, without feeling the inner-giggle. Now I’m trying to recapture that too. Life is too short to be small, or take yourself seriously…but which is it? Both? That’s what I am working on now. Cheers! And thanks!
Hi Mark
I can relate and so can you, great not to be alone. For me it was making the decision that I need to be serious and stop taking everything so lightly. In other words I listen to society that want you to comply with it’s demand. What a crock, I do realized that right now, because I thought if I comply to the demand I might succeed where other wise I failed. No such a thing. Success didn’t come easier being serious I am going against my nature and now I am working hard to get it back. Its’ coming soon everything is going to be funny again. And then I am going to get into trouble again but this time I don’t give a Sh.…..
Now that’s funny.….….….….….….….….….….….…..
Hi Mark, just got to this post and re read a few times, stopped and made me think!! you know Im told its dangerous when I think!! I can see where maybe taking nothing seriously can be negative, but its not all a negative thing surely, maybe the selfcare aspect would be lacking and for sure that is crucial to any human being, but there will of been people around you filled with joy as they perceived your happiness and light heartidness (hmm, is that a word!)
So what am I trying to say… I do find sometimes making myself clear a challenge so I hope you get it…
I can relate to the being happy on the outside but not really feeling the joy inside, I think that maybe a lot of people do it but dont acknowledge it.… I like your honesty.….
I am also glad that you are working on the inner and outer giggle.…its what we all need to have .…
) x
Im sending you a SMILE to (stimulate my(Your) internal love energy).….take care
Funny how our environment continuously tests the strength of who we really are .…. it can even lead us around in circles .….
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If you haven’t, I recommend “The Science of Being Great” by Wallace.D.Wattles. Or if you’ve read it, re-read it.
First he talks about connection to God (essentially we are all one) in a powerful way — reminds me of the “Big Mind — Big Heart.
The other was this quote “You are not mentally developed by what you read, but buy what you think about what you read.” It sounds like you’re on a great journey, and making good progress. Best to you.
I’m not at all familiar with Sonia and I’d love to get more in touch with my intuition and inner guidance. The opening quote in the note felt like perfect synchronicity with The Oneness Experiment – something else I’m doing at this time.
Love having lots of quotes from other notes too, like going down Philosophers Notes memory lane, and a taste of things to come too.
My favorite repeated Big Idea – be curious, experiment, be flexible, make mis-takes, and of course all the while – BREATHE.
Love the Abraham-Hicks quote. Seeing “reality” as only a temporary indicator is genius.
That Louis CK clip is FANTASTIC. I’ve been watching every now and then for months. Can’t laugh enough.
Surprised and psyched to see how many of the six practices I already do (Optimum Care, Get Out and Move, Stay Calm, Stretch our Minds, Don’t Dwell on Past). What I will start doing more is asking my spirit what it wants to do, listen and do it. Also need to wrap my mind around prayer. That word carries a lot of baggage that I didn’t realize until this note.
Here’s to good gardening!
Hiya AF. I saw others have problem with the prayer and G-d in particular. Makes no nevermind. I have a pretty deeply-rooted belief system, and it’s evolving daily. If I had to venture away from it, yet continue to pray, I would look at it this way: Prayer is no more than a conversation with the divine, which can dwell outside of you, inside of you or both. It is a way of keeping in touch with your Higher Power, no matter what you deem it to be. It can even be with yourself, however spiritual you consider You. Prayer as a dialogue transcends material things, and appeals to our connection, or vibes, that we feel with what we cannot see. There’s no need to explain it. If everything were explained we would have no desire to press further and do more. It’s just that edge beyond the edge you are already pushing.
Good Monday morning to you all. I’m happy that here we are together for another week. Let’s see what todays note brings!
(BIG, BIG smile). This by no means indicates that I have nothing to work on concerning todays note however, letting the past stay in the past is an ongoing piece of work for me, as well as staying in a loving and centered state. I can’t wait to read all of your comments and see what the tribe has to say. Love and Light to you all.
I have experienced first hand how loosing your peaceful center disrupts your flow. It’s like the moment you give in to the frustration or the anger, all your work just seems to fly right out the window. That’s when it’s good to be able to stop for a moment, forget about you will look or it will seem, take some deep breaths and choose a different approach. When I first started trying to do this I felt totally absurd. When I would get angry over some situation, usually with another person involved, I would do my best to recall how I wanted to be and act, and then immediately reverse my actions. At first, I couldn’t always do it because that little voice inside my head would ask me things like “what are they going to think of you?”, “how will you look?” or say things like “they will think they have won.” Lol, but after a few times of pushing through all of that, it became much easier, and in the long run, it helped me tremendously by enabling me to make the choices sooner and even before the negative emotions or habits would surface.
“The best way to maintain a higher vibration is to make every thought and word you use or listen to as loving and nurturing as possible.” Having suffered from depression and PTSD for most of my life, the majority of the music I chose to listen to was very negative, either angry or depressive, and while it has been some time since I have chosen to listen to any of it, it will still creep into my mind. A while back, I decided that the songs (usually only pieces) that got stuck in my head was my unconscious self trying to communicate with my conscious self. Just this weekend, I woke up with this one line playing through my head, “every day is exactly the same”. How frustrating it was until I decided that I could change it. So, using the same tune, I changed it to “every day is a brand new day, completely different in every way” lol…but it made a huge difference because it kept coming up for me and it also helped me realize that even though I say that every day is different from the one before it, that on some level I am still believing that its just another day. It is so empowering when you realize that you really do have the power to change your life. While in depression and counseling, people would try to tell me these things, but for some reason, it just never quite sank in. I just didn’t believe them. I guess that it’s an example of how, no matter how or how many times you are exposed to something, you won’t really get it until the time is right for you. I’m glad that the time is right for me now!!!
Well, for me, I didn’t get too much out of todays note, it was more like a refresher…lol…but it’s always good to be refreshed
Hiya 33s. Hope ya had a nice weekend. Today, and only today, you have 24 hours. No one else gets more. Yesterday’s 24 have gone before, and will never be seen again. You won’t get another 24 until…um…tomorrow. Today’s will have already run their course. How you handle today is only a reflection of yesterday and in no way will affect tomorrow, so it doesn’t have to be perfect. Just give it your all, and think optimally. I felt like a mass of nervous energy today. Watched a movie about an insomniac and could hardly sleep all night. It may be the power of suggestion or it may just have been me, but no matter…I couldn’t duplicate last night if I tried. I still may not sleep, but the dreams will differ, or I’ll eat something different. I won’t get to perfect. I don’t want to. Perfect means my job here is done, and I’m not ready to forgo all my tomorrows…yet. Here’s to your and my continuing agenda!
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Hi Peeps!
Not posting on the PN yet (which of course I love!) but wanted to posted about a major realization I came to over this weekend into today.
I am absolutely head over heels in love with the challenge as I find that a lot of the major ideas presented repeatedly throughout are finally sticking to me! Repetition is the key! Even though these ideas have completely changed my mindset and upped it up a notch to a more enlightened level I still find myself fighting action! I’ve def made some changes but without some sort of inner battle on my end and I am wondering why this is so. Anyway, this weekend I was reading Concious Eating by Gabriel Cousens and part of the answer struck me. In one of the chapters Gabriel talks about how the energy of the foods we consume is transferred to us human beings. Now I have heard of this notion before and totally believe it (which is why I stopped eating meat) but coming across this idea this time around made me think of my own energy in relation to the big ideas conveyed in the PN’s of this challenge.
Right on — the repetition is key. Patterns start to emerge, you can appreciate info you may have seen before (such as if you’ve read the book) in a new way.____Someone had posted this link to a Tony Robbins video — I found it great — lots of ideas including the idea of what are the standards you hold yourself to, and what are the rituals that support it — tonyrobbinstraining.com/468/new-year-new-life-21____
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I have been dealing with some intense anxiety over these last few months and I know that part of it is due to my lack of inaction towards my dreams. Yet I seriously feel paralyzed to take action and I believe that this may be due to the imbalance of energy within my own physical body. I have days where I can not sit still for the life of me and need to constantly be moving and I have others days where I am so tired I feel as if I weight a ton. I go from one extreme to the next and have never fully experienced a balance between the two. I have come to realize that during this challnege I have been so focused on my mental energies without acknowledging the effect this has my physical and spiritual energies. There are many parts of us that all work together to ensure that we come from a place of wholeness but by focusing on only one part (my mind) the connection that is required for harmonious flow between our mental, physical and spiritual selves is fragmented. I am definitely feeling this fragmentation!!
Hi Jeannette (again). In our workshops we always brought up the adage “The truth will set you free.” Someone decided to elaborate on that and had T-shirt printed with those words PLUS another revelation “But first it will piss you off.” That’s the feeling of anxiety you may be feeling. New frontiers and nothing but dust behind you for the things you are about to leave behind. (I read all four of your posts so this is partially germane here). I have lost a lot in the last five years, and each time I lost more I felt, first, pain and grief. Then I started to enjoy the sense of lightness, of newly found freedom. To be truthful, my baggage was owning me…and it was time to cast it aside and embark upon a new adventure…no U-Haul behind me. Enjoy your new lightness of being.
This is so very true!!! I find that with any supressed emotion I usually experience anger first followed by the pain of loss. My anxiety is something new added to the mix but now that I am aware of it I am ready to roll with it. And yes I too want no U-Haul behind me…all the stuff in there doesn’t go with anything I own now
Thank you so much for your replies as they have been most helpful. I look forward to sharing what comes up for me as I continue the challenge!
This is so very true!!! I find that with any supressed emotion I usually experience anger first followed by the pain of loss. My anxiety is something new added to the mix but now that I am aware of it I am ready to roll with it. And yes I too want no U-Haul behind me…all the stuff in there doesn’t go with anything I own now
Thank you so much for your replies as they have been most helpful. I look forward to sharing what comes up for me as I continue the challenge!
Good job Jeannette. perhaps the days when you are feeling so heavy are when you are about to pass a big emotional movement onto something better??? Just an idea
Thanks for the insight!! This could very much be true. It’s funny because my life coach has been buggin’ me for months to meditate and I have been so resistent to it. Now I know why! Time for me to sit still and let go and let flow
I feel that I am ready for this!
P.S. I reposted my comment since I was making changes at the time you posted your reply.
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So today I start asking myself what is needed on my end to create this smooth connection of harmonious flow?? I already eat fairly healthy (vegetarian with limited gluten, dairy, alchohol and refined sugar intake) and I exercise regularly (yoga in a.m., IntenSati 2x week, running sporadic) so at first I felt at a loss. Then while sitting here at work the answer came to me. With the help of these notes I am slowly dismantling old beliefs that I have held on to for nearly half of my life! Not only that but these are beliefs that have been a part of my family’s history for generations and stuff that old is not easy to let go of, especially since it requires me to break away from my family in a way they are not totally comfortable with and may reject.
So what I am trying to say is that along with changing my mindset, eating healthy and exercising I need to give myself space to properly bid farewell to these old beliefs and release them for good. This may be another reason why I feel the anxiety that I do.
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I’ve been too busy gaining new insights and just plain being busy with my everyday life that it’s almost like I am covering the pain that usually comes with releasing in hopes of never having to go there. But the thing is that by not releasing, my energies are all out of whack which in turn is causing me to not be whole and not take action!
So back to my original question of what is needed on my end to create that smooth connection of harmonious flow?? And the answer is to slow down! I need to start prioritizing my life in a way where I am both taking consistent action while letting go of the old stuff. I am ready to realize my full potential and I realize that it is by slowing down I can get there
Whooo.….that was a lot for me to share. Thanks for listening and I look forward to sharing with you how I am progressing along my path towards slowing down and releasing
Hiya Jeannette. When you think of NOT releasing, just remember that “emotion” is energy in motion (e-motion). Damming it up doesn’t necessarily stop it; it just roils behind the dam wall looking for a weakness in order to burst through. Some times that is at an unexpected or inopportune moment. Better to go with the flow and navigate along with it.
This is very true. I find that the height of my anxiety occurs when I am at work, which honestly is a place I don’t want to be. I am working at being grateful while at work and it helps but once the anxiety takes over it’s hard to get to that place of gratitude. What I can do is lock myself in the bathroom and let whatever needs to expressed out so that it doesn’t buld up. I need to remember the definition of emotion you posted…love that!
Hi Jeanette ! Pretty amazing story of yours and I’m glad I read it as I’m going through very similar
and Yes Meditation is defenitly is a big + to stay grounded and peacefuly strong 
changes as well , apparently it’s a worldwide change of frequency forcing us to align with our essence/true self , and if we’re not aligned then we’re rocked like a little boat in a storm!!!
There’s a lot of baggage that we carry on in our DNA from past generations, and there’s very interesting techniques such as DNA reprogramming which cleans the baggages carried on from the past generations,
I just did a session yesterday and it appears that we’ve been carrying for 10 generations on my mom’s side the Guilt in our DNA, and 16 generations on my dad’s side of Fear of rejection, now transitioning
towards freedom from the “gifts” of my ancestors.…
And my major challenge is Self-love and Accepting myself as I am!
Always been a weirdo according to some people… and I love it now!! hehe
Being at point 0, accepting the + and the — and resonate in harmony with one’s essence/true self !
I’ts all great Vibes , isn’t it!? hehe
Thanks for yor reply Emilie! I totally believe in the worldwide change and this pull many of us feel to change in a way that aligns with who we really are. I’m most def feeling the boat rocking a bit
____I will have to look into the DNA reprogramming. I’ve done energy healing and during the sessions my family’s history has come up but at the time I didn’t fully believe it but the more I dig deeper the more I find myself connected to my family. ____Self Love is my biggest challenge as well and also just love in general. I hold back a lot in this area which is something else I am trying to change. ____It’s a crazy place to be but I’m slowly going with the flow and just letting what needs to revealed to show up. For a very long time I thought I knew what I wanted and after discovering that I was totally wrong I have to fully trust that my divine self will lead me to where I want to be 
____I appreciate reading your response. Looking into DNA reprogramming right now!
Yes Sister, I hear you! I send you good positive vibes , it is a challenge,
let’s be strong and gentle with ourselves!
Much Love
Hi! I liked this quote in the “Trust Your Vibes” PhilosophersNote!
“I love to imagine that my job is to create a powerful bulb so I can flow as much of God’s divine electricity threw me as possible.”
Thanks Brian for another great PhilosophersNote! Have a great day!
Hi all
“Trusting your vibes is a way of life” is certainly true for me. I resist using the term god, as for me it has been and is abused far too much for coercive ends. For me, our intuition (our vibes) are at root the thing that powers what distinguishes us from the animals. Our ability to abstract, and to evolve language, seems to me to be powered by the associations created as a side effect of storing and retrieving information as an interference pattern (“holographic recall” — for want of a better term). This functionality links us, through our perceptions, to all of reality, all of existence, which includes each other.
“Amazing things happen when you get enough sleep, eat properly, and take it easy.” They sure do. When the body is relaxed, when it is not primed for fight or flight, then all the various systems of brain come “on-line”. When one is stressed, the brain has evolved to “shut out” all “non-essential” systems, to allow us to bring all our attention and energy to the immediate task of survival. When in this “stress” mode, all of our “repair” mechanisms fall into the “non-critical systems” category. By removing stress, and “chilling out” frequently and for extended periods, we improve our health. Chilling out in this sense does not require inactivity, it simply requires a lack of any perceived threat.
“Get Out & Move!” Big yes to that one. Our bodies can develop many capacities, and they are “use it or loose it machine”. We need to exercise and stretch all the capacities of the body — gently and firmly. Yoga is great. Patience and consistency.
“Stay Calm & Breathe” — yep — see above. We have a tendency, when focused, to stop breathing. It can, for very short periods, improve our stability, but if used for more than a couple of seconds, can lead to problems. I have seen my mother pass out when icing cakes, because she was so focused on getting precisely the pattern and effects she wanted, that she forgot to breath (saw it many times).
“Stretch our minds” — YES!!! to that. Be prepared to ask any question. Eliminate the notion of sacred (which is just a protection mechanism that some ideas have evolved). Any idea that is real and valuable, can stand any degree of examination. Any idea that tries to insulate itself with ideas like “sacred” is immediately suspect.
“Quit Dwelling On The Past” — another big YES to that. The context of our thoughts is a major determinant of the intuitions returned to us by our holographic processor. If your thoughts are dwelling on the past — guess what — those patterns from your past will show up in your future. If you want a future that s different, then create that context with your thoughts.
“Can I Get An “Amen”?!?” I’ll add a few ???s to that. In my understanding, setting the context is king. In this sense, prayer can be extremely powerful, if used consciously and creatively. If used as a crutch, as a mechanism to avoid responsibility, by passing responsibility to something else, that sense of prayer does nothing for any of us. Prayer or meditation in the sense of stilling the chatter of conscious mind, and opening our awareness to the whispers of intuitions and associations that accompany every conscious thought, can be the most powerful of conscious disciplines.
“Laughing Matters!” Yep. We must be able to change contexts at will, to transform the stressful to the ridiculous, and to chill-ax.
“God: The Ultimate Gardener” this one grates a bit in one sense, and works in another. What works for me, is the sense that we are not consciously the sole creators of our world. Most of the flow of our being just happens due to systems that for the most part most of us are ignorant of most of the time; and for all of us happen far too fast for us to consciously control. I did not consciously select any of these words, I simply consciously set the context of my brain, and then watched my fingers fly over the keyboard an the words emerge on the page. Did I write them? Certainly they were expressed through my body, and came in part from a context consciously selected by me, and in another sense, they are the result of holographic process, half a century of experiences and intuitions, a biological history spanning billions of years, and a cultural history spanning hundreds of thousands of years.
I am certain intimately connected to everything, including you; and I remain loath to use the term God to describe that connection.
Thanks Brian and Vishen
Another powerful set of ideas to contemplate, integrate and put into being
This note didn’t grab me so much today. I think the main problem is that as Chris mentioned earlier, the note does include some great material from other notes, which I’ve already read.
I didn’t sleep well last night, I seemed to be asleep, but thinking most of the night, so was not feeling like doing very much today. After the kids had gone off to school, I was trying to decide how to start my day. Lots to do, I can never decide what to do first. So I lay on my bed, and spent 60 minutes with holosync meditation. I felt more rested, but still not sure what to tackle next.
Then remembered a friend saying it doesn’t matter what you decide, just decide and do something. So next went and did some powerwalk interval training. Felt more energised afterwards. Had some lunch, and now reading the note. Housework, will have to come later.
When I read the note, I realised that I had already, fulfilled the first two ideas, of resting, and exercise. Well that’s good, I’m doing something right.
I guess I am quite serious, and don’t really laugh that much, so maybe I should think about looking for the humour in things.
Maybe I’ll get more from the note, if I listen to it again later.
Maxine, sounds like you are at low ebb at the moment. It happens, and no need to force a change. Better not to force anything. Your emotional fuel tank is reading low.
FEED YOUR SPIRT. Choose something small, often overlooked. Something that pleases you and no one else. Then drift into doing that for a while. You’ve been running on just fumes, but feeding your spirit will lift your emotions enough to get you to the gas station where you can really tank up.
The book “Trust Your Vibes” contains good tips but does NOT do justice to Sonia Choquette. It’s not the fault of the PNote that it uninspiring, when that is the farthest thing from the truth about Sonia’. (Her signing on with Hay House eclipses her early publications, many of which are better.) Living in Chicago I’ve been to many live events with Sonia, including a 12-week Psychic U which was phenemonal.
Sonia Choquette is an electrifying presence.
Thanks Chris
Don’t know why I feel low. I’m doing lots of good things, Iceskating, reading, meditation, walking, to fill up my tank, but something is missing today.
Just watched the Louis CK clip as suggested in the note, which cheered me up, but then watched some of his other clips on youtube, but didn’t really enjoy the swearing and subject matter.
Have a great day Maxine
Maxine, I hear you. It’s good that you’re acknowledging how you feel, maybe sort of like a low-pressure weather system dominating your whole psyche at the moment. Don’t judge it, just thank it for being there. (Too much “doing” can be as troublesome as too little.) Kick back, if you don’t have to go to work.
(In a similar situation, I’d read some trashy novel, not even trying to make myself feel better — and, oh yes, I’d drink hot chocolate, and later maybe soak in a bubble bath.)
Funny, I went and had that soak in the bath, before seeing your comment
. Took a walk in the fresh air to pick up the kids from school. I like the idea of a trashy novel, and some chocolate (not the drink).
Maybe I’m getting a bit overwhelmed with “so much” wisdom coming at me, thick and fast, over the last 4 weeks, something a bit lighter might be just what I need this evening.
Hi Maxine
I think I understand where you are because I am there to. Right now I feel like doing nothing, and I have a real hard time convincing myself, I am such a producer, and when I am done I have a feeling of accomplishment, and then I look for something else to do. ADD perhaps? I use meditation as an alternative to working myself to shred. Calming and controlling my thoughts. Deep breathing and when thoughts of “i should do this and that” comes I invite them to come back after meditation time. And when I go for a walk and thoughts come that I should be doing some work I again ask them to come back at a more appropriate time. Seems to work for me. Most time anyway.
Wipe off that should that you got all over yourself…lol, and remember, sometimes we need periods of rest, and if you really feel like you need to have a task set for yourself during those times, make your task relaxing. You can always say to yourself, right now, the task at hand, is to do nothing, is to sit quietly, is to nap, is to stare out the window. Then all aspects of your mind can be happy.
I’ve often found that a double dip of Holosync helps break me out of low energy days.
Stop with the recommended clip, Maxine. The word “but” in your response says it all. You have judgment against other particulars so go no farther than the recommended “dose”. Your “set point” of joy may be subject to more than you are seeing at present. Think on it a bit and review. Maybe you’re trying too hard. I find that works for me every time I am tempted to use the word “but”.
Ah…Chicago…does she do many events there? I read Sonia about 10 or so years ago when I bought her book about children and intuition (The Wise Child), and I have heard of her many times since. My neighbor who is younger and just getting interested in this type of material has a friend, her best friend, who lives in Chicago. Her friend has been sending her Sonia Choquette books for the past couple years and has been trying to get her to a Sonia event.
Stephanie, alas since Sonia signed up with Hay House, doing more international speaking tours, she is less often in Chicago and no longer holds regular workshops here. Whenever she’s on break in Chicago, all she hasto do is name a place and time and people turn out in droves.
I’m glad I had the chance to attend workshops based on every one of her pre-Hay House books. “Wise Child” is an interesting work. “Your Heart’s Desire” my favorite. As mentioned to Maxine, a 12-week Psychic U where 100 people met for 3 hours once weekly was the best ever. Time between meetings let practices penetrate the filters of our brains and really get into daily life. Plus we made long-term friendships.
A great Six-Sensory group in Chicago currently meets twice a month, following Sonia’s psychic games. It has good leadership, is challenging as well as totally energizing. Talk about upgrading the 5 people you associate with!
If your friend is interested, I’ll pass along the information of when, where, who to contact to get started. Location on far north side.
I am checking to see if she is interested. I am thinking it is likely that she may already be involved. But, she is in school now, too, and has a family, so it is possible that she is not doing any of this work right now. Making me wish I was in Chicago, or back in NYC, or out west. We have a decent amount of stuff happening here (Columbus, OH), but we must travel for the big names!
I can so relate to the feelings you are describing. Thank you for always openly sharing the ebbs and flow (to follow on Chris’s choice of words.) Often I notice that the days I am really unclear what to do, those are the days that for one reason or another I did not sleep well (like last night…my 7-year-old woke me up at 4 a.m., and I couldn’t get back to sleep.)
I also like the focus on laughter from the note…I have often been accused of being too serious. Laughter is wonderful, and it is great to bring more into our lives.
Day 21 Trust Your Vibes08 February 2010
Today’s PNotes and author had a real New Agey feel. That’s not a bad thing. I liked what I read, and every premise Sonia advanced has deep roots in all else we’ve been studying and discussing so far. I feel the corroboration of her words in many of my readings, here and elsewhere. Particularly the concept of not blocking the vibes or sixth sense with which we are to be in a sense of flow. Native American lore or belief is that we are but hollow bones, through which the Great Spirit flows and creates works. Wonderful concept! I have felt that way when creatively inspired, my eyes and fingers creating a work of art or even a painted wall or fence. The worst we can do when aspiring to do great things, or even the mundane ones, is to attempt it while angry, fearful or anxious. Nothing good ever comes of that. Like the saying goes, “Garbage In-Garbage Out.”
Jayne, I am the King of Chill, so if you ever need advice in that department, crack open the freezer door.
Two points reached home for me: the importance of breathing and of living in the present.
For some time I have taken some care of myself in terms of resting, eating healthly and exercising. But breathing is another story. I have been attending yoga classes for over a year now and can really see the difference. When I am about to explode I now try to do some deep breathing and it really makes a difference (although I did not know that “fear is excitement without the breath”).
Living in the present (rather than dwelling on the past) is a subject of several of the notes (specially “The Power of Now” from E. Tolle). I really appreciate this point and I making a lot of effort to incorporate that in my daily life — letting go feels fantastic but, in my case, requires a lot of work and perseverance. I am using the Tolle’s observer concept in order to change and master this marvelous “big idea” given by Sonia (and others). Thank you
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My favorite is Sonia’s metaphorical use of dancing. “If you dance with Spirit, just remember to let it lead.” Never block the flow, dance like you have never taken a serious step in your life. Share the flow with a partner, your home, the Universe. Dancing is ageless, and it has become a great vessel of musical (creative) freedom…drawing the spectators, with the participants themselves, into the pleasure of moving to euphonious vibrations. Dancing can be the most intimate and expressive artform in the Universe. The surroundings get tuned out as the dancers enter into a higher consciousness (think Rumi) I know I have never felt a flow like it when with a capable and fluid partner. Steps that were never before known wait one heartbeat away. Nietzsche says, “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” That is true. One must first pare away the dissonance from life’s cacophony in order to create a heavenly flow of creation. Like a pearl from an oyster, had the dissonance never been there, the dance of creation would never have been formed.
I didn’t get a chance to get back here yesterday, so a late comment…I lived in France for a year, and my favorite French expression was to feel good in one’s skin, as Sonia said, “Je me sens bien dans ma peau.” Rarely do I think in French these days, but this expression has come back to me over the years as one of the best ways to describe feeling centered.
Brian and Vishen:
Your Note on the book, “Trust Your Vibes”, cuts to the core.
I see the need to calm down and listen for that small still voice. This is especially true before I jump on my horse and ride off in ANY direction. At times I have had a hunch, perception or a feeling that tells me, “This is what I should do.”
I take care to get a good nights sleep, not only for good health but to be clear headed to make better decisions and get better answers.
Quiet time allows me to organize my thoughts so when I begin to move I am doing the right things. If I’m not moving I’m not doing but it’s important not to mistake mere action for progress.
That’s why I think first.
The Universe has a pulse and rhythm of its own, and it wants to carry you with it—so if you dance with Spirit, just remember to let it lead. I want to dance with the divine. Trying to exercise everyday and it really relieve me from depression, keep me fresh and active. Deep breaths with higher vibrations helps to stretch the mind. Practicing pray for peace and harmony around. Getting over with seriousness and laugh, laugh and laugh. Laugh the best medicine to cure the tension!!
I found PN note useful within my life.…..points which were relevant to me personally include to take care of your body’s neeeds so that you are available for the spirit…I am working to consistently practice this.….talk it but really need to practice it for improved performance.….….….….….….….…also liked the point to get out and move when finding difficulty with something.….this does help, but I still fall into trap of paralyzed fear.….again need to put it into consistent practice .….……SO IMPORTANT to LAUGH more.….….……have to get back to this.…..Thanks for the Note, ideas and insights !!!
Favorite quote was this ‘I’ve never known anyone to find answers from thinking things to death, but I have known people who gained peaceful insights and grand solutions while strolling through the park”.
This is poweful simple wisdom but too easy to forget — taking a walk is a powerful cure for whatever challenges or issues you may be facing in the moment. However, in our “go-go-go” culture it is difficult to say “I’m going to take a time out”.
My other observation is something I was taught many years ago in a often high-pressure, crisis heavy job. Crisis plus panic and manic doesn’t yield a better answer. While being calm won’t directly solve a problem it creates better odds.….
For me, the biggest take-away idea is, “Laughter brings us back to ourselves and back to life.” Remember in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” when Bob Hoskins asked Jessica Rabbit what she saw in Roger? All she said was, “He makes me laugh.” Now, I know that’s a cliche, but I also know that expressions don’t become cliches unless there’s a lot of truth to them. (The fact is, my wife says she married me because of my sense of humor. Not the big house in the country, the yacht or the villa on the Mediterranean.)
I was struck by Sonia’s comments because it reminded me of why I write comedic plays and not tragedies or serious dramas. I think it’s because I’d rather populate theaters with laughter than introspection. I always try to leave a small message in my work, but I really want to leave people laughing. A Zen master (Suzuki?) once said that a laugh was a mini-satori. A small enlightenment. That rings so true to me.
B.E.A.utiful !!!! Love it Love it, and as always the message is perfectly delivered at the right time!
Taking care of our animal’s needs in order to express our higher self!! OF COURSE!
I know I need to rest more and let go, stop being so much trying to control things as the creator of everything, I dance with Spirit and I let Spirit lead
Aaahhh feels good to leave some pressure behind, give some room for faith and trust the process
ALso LOVE big times the humor part!! Big Fan of Goofing around, just forget it too much as I have thought
aahhh FEELS GOOD!!
I need to do this or to be that, as I’m a mom, come on “you have to be a certain way”!!!
Pffffttt Pffffttt go away negative voices,
I choose to be surrounded with humor and to be playful and be totally fine with it!!
I release my 10+ generations heritage of guilt and fear of rejection!!! PPPFfffffftttt , it’s gone!!!
Totally agree on the exercise, BREATHING with the belly DEEPLY in consciousness!!!!!
Pray/affirmations, saying out loud our intentions , taking steps with our voice towards change so that our processor hears it and let the almighty grower know that we are planting new seeds !!!! LOVE it , Beautiful Sonia,
and Amazing Brian, Wonderful Vishen, actually WE ARE all BEAUTIFUL AMAZING WONDERFUL creatures, let’s just vibrate with our essence and then we are connected to the most amazing perfectly beautiful field of Life . Thank you:))) I love myself for doing all this:) Thank me and Thank I for being so BEAUTIFUL AMAZING WONDERFUL, AAahhhhh I need to reinforce my self-love!! ;
Ok people I am struggling here, challenged is what I am.…. so how can I access the debate as its running because right now I seem to be behind all the time accessing through the updates as they show in my email.…so here is my email for anyone to shine some light in this little dark room I am in…
gillprince@hotmail.com
Much Love to ya in the hope someone can HELP! ;o) X X
dont worry.…..im behind(8 weeks behind you!!!).…and struggling.….and sometimes feeling overwhelmed by all the changes i need to make. is that what you meant?
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So finally ready to get to posting! Listening to this note really cracked open a part of me that I totally did not realize needed my attention! I always felt that I was in touch with my higher self (or divine self as I like to call it) but after listening/reading to this note I admited to myself that I am not even close. And I think that accepting this kinda hurt a bit…I actually cried a little b/c I felt as if I disrespected myself in a big way. But after a few days of sitting with this feeling and working really hard to flex my compassion muscles I am ok with knowing that I am in the perfect moment in my life to work on listening and trusting my divine self. I Loved the opening quote that said for every step we take closer to Divine Spirit it will take a step towards you. This had me thinking of the last 5 years I have spent on working on myself and the most incredible moments I experienced and people I have met along the way. These moments/people truly are Divine and have somehow in their own way brough me to where I am today
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The parts of the note that I have found the most eye opening for me are stay calm & breathe and the power of prayer. As I work on lessening my anxiety I am finding breathing to be helpful in so many ways. I am become more aware of my breathe and doing what I can now to make sure that I do not stress myself out and that I turn the pace of my life down a notch. This is very much working in a good way and I am so greateful to feel less anxious these days, I need a lot more practice in my breathing but I am getting there!
Now to the power of prayer. This was a big one for me. I don’t pray often I guess because I always felt selfish asking for something. I mean I would for the health and wellbeing of others and for major tradegies (like the Haiti Earthquake) but I would never pray for me, even if I was sick! Well I tried it on Tuesday and I admit some magic happened
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I started my morning off with some yoga, followed by prayer, followed by meditation and finished off with journaling. During my prayer I asked for guidance and for the clarity to see it and the confidence to trust for me. As I meditate the topic of Love kept coming up for me. As I journaled I admitted something that I have been having a hard time facing…that I do not get close to others and I do not let others get close to me. In other words I do not freely give and receive love. This is heartbreaking cause I want to love in a big way but at this point I am unable to. Of all the amazing people I have met on my journey so far I have not let myself get close. I mean have the most amazing friends and family but I most definitely shy away. So I have lots of work to do in this area of life. Slowing down, prayer, meditation and journaling are my ways to get the work done! It’s scary because I can sense that I am hiding something but I have no idea what and the now knowing freaks me out. But regardless in order for me to live fully I know that I have to be open to love in all ways.
Hi guys,
I just love it when I read one of these notes and it connects with what is happening in my life right now. Breathing has popped up several times in the past two weeks. I teach kids yoga and just taught them belly breathing, an associate of mine at school talked to me about diaphragmatic breathing she was just taught at the Mayo clinic related to her chronic illness, a parent conference discussing the child’s xxyy chromosome disorder and techniques for relieving stress and anxiety and now it’s in this book too. We are definitely on to something with deep breathing exercises!
Intuition…six sense..the “universe” gave me a nudge recently to quit teaching third grade in the middle of the year and to take over an Autism support class which was floundering. Haven’t figured out the why part yet, but it feel like it’s the right thing to do. It has been challenging me emotionally, some kids are tough, plus the 5 teacher aids in the room carry alot of baggage, they don’t want to be there, don’t feel like a team, communication break downs with staff…I have my plate full (hungry too?) I keep my sense of humor, so much fun stuff with the little peeps everyday!
Vibes intuition represents a sense of mine that I’ve never understood or had under control. I think when I was a young man I turned to intuition often but as I lived being an engineer in my adult years I avoided intuition thinking it was not smart or rational. Now I don’t know why it would be wrong so much as I wouldn’t know if my ideas or vibes were right. It certainly seems it could be right as an intuition but whatever one needs to have confidence in the ideas involved I would need to practice using it..
I love and believe in breathing to reduce stress.
I think I would definitely benefit by studying Sonia’s work on intuition.
Trust Your Vibes
This is about our sixth sense — our vibes. The way to be tuned in to them (our higher selves) is to take care of the temple.
Make sure you are taking optimum care of your self.
Get out and move — best way to disrupt the toxic trance is exercise.
“When you are tense, nervous or anxious, your energy gets tangled up and blocked and can’t enter your heart center, where your Higher Self and your vibes communicate. ” Good reason to stay calm and breath. I love that fear can be transformed to excitement by breathing fully through it. Breathing deeply instantly connects us to a higher vibrational frequency.
Lets stretch our minds — Love this.
Say yes to all your intuitive impulses and be curious where they lead you. Be curious and surrender to your soul’s lead.
*If we dwell on the past we will miss the subtle Divine Guidance being relayed at this moment. *
Prayer as a practice — If you want to live a higher way think higher thoughts — most important prayer — thank you.
To be intuitive cultivate your sense of humor. The more foolish you are the more enlightened you’ll feel.
God: The Ultimate Gardner. Timing is the Divines way of again reminding us that we co-create with the Universe — we are not doing it alone. Our part is to create the perfect conditions for the Universe to flow through us. (This entire section was wonderfully articulated)
If you want to dance with Spirit remember to let it lead.
Great great note!
Many thanks,
Christina
Well, a situation erupted after school today. My daughter has been having some problems with a girl in her class, and it all came to a head. I really could have done without the conflict, but I chose to meet the challenge head on.
I went to the parents house, and even though I was feeling so much anger about the situation, I decided that I would deal with it in a calm manner. While I’m still feeling rather shell shocked about the whole thing, I am actually really pleased with how I dealt with it.
I listened to the parents comments, I apologised for a mistake I had made (several times, sincerely) and I believe that when I left I had calmed the parent down quite significantly. While the unfairness of the situation is still difficult to accept, I am so pleased that I did not let the anger get the better of me, and I think that I have opened up a communication dialogue that didn’t exist before.
I’m amazed that even feeling low, I was able to chose my reaction to the situation.
Ohh Maxine, you are a warrior(ess?) Don’t worry about feeling down or low, all of our energies have peaks and troughs. Seems like you did a good job in being easy with yourself today, and it seems like you handled the challenge that came before you in the way you really wanted, that was in alignment wit the person you choose to be. It’s a powerful step towards your goals. Take it easy this evening, perhaps order some take-out?
and here’s something so absurdly silly. i hope it will make you smile (told to me by an 8 yr old)
What do you call a cat that swallowed a duck?
A duck filled fatty puss
Great! It is so wonderful to be able to handle situations differently than we would have in the past, and to actually open lines of communication instead of the more typical wall-building that so many of us do!
Maxine, as I read this segment of your posts, I wondered if you had taken the Intuition Quiz. I thought about the question relating to “feeling/knowing that your child was ill or in trouble” (or some such idea). Perhaps your feeling “off” was due in part to sensing that your child was having a tough time. Not that you need to “worry” any time you feel bad, but it could be your beautiful, loving, maternal intuition connecting with your beloved. So taking care of yourself (in all the ways our friends have been suggesting) not only supports you (so you can be the stellar advocate and soother you were in the parental dialogue) but also supports your children. You are a wonderful mother! Thank you for sharing.