PERSONAL NOTE

It's so important to remember to breathe.

A wise woman taught me recently that when the world is beating down on you and your loved ones; when you feel lost, abandoned, and powerless, you feel raw....that's the time to remember: R.A.W.

RELAXED in your body

AWAKE and aware in your mind

WAITING patiently to hear the voice of Divine Wisdom

Another wise woman shares, "There is a Peruvian shamanic breathing pattern I find very helpful. Inhale 7 seconds hold 7 exhale 7 with a sound during release. Repeat."

If you are like me, you are feeling really anxious about the chaotic clouds in the air getting louder and louder.

"I do other longer breath patterns for meditation or healing work but this one helps me when I feel I'm full or overwhelmed with energy."

Now is the time more than ever,

to remember to breathe in 7 seconds, hold 7, exhale 7 with a sound, repeat....

remember God is with me and with all of us, RELAX......

and breathe in 7, hold 7, exhale 7, repeat.......

I'm AWAKE, I'm right here and now, not in the horrifying story of the past nor the projection of catastrophic future.....

.and breathe in 7, hold 7, exhale 7, repeat......

WAIT, listen for your voice of faith.....

and breathe in 7, hold 7, exhale 7, repeat........

SHE IS SHOWING YOU THE WAY. 

I'm so lucky for such wise friends:) 

Wendy

How to Overcome your Fears (in 2 simple steps) by Mike Dooley

When I was twenty-five years old, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and working for Price Waterhouse, I’d already literally flown around the world a number of times. Often on the most rickety airlines you’ve ever heard of, and sometimes on ones you probably haven’t heard of and some taking off and landing on grass runways! Yet through it all, I remained absolutely fearless. I loved flying!

Then, one day when I was flying on Delta Airlines somewhere over Kansas, seven miles high, we hit turbulence. Nothing too terrible, really. Likely the kind of turbulence you’ve flown through many times yourself. Well, sitting by the window, I looked straight down during the bumps and was overcome by a terror that no words can describe. If you’ve yet to experience “terror,” I can assure you it’s like nothing else in the pantheon of human emotions. And mine, being summoned by some mysterious irrational fear, was something I could not get a grip on. It was profound, and no amount of logic, reason, or rationale would free me from it.

From that moment forward in my life, flying became my nemesis. And on future flights, with the slightest sign of turbulence, and sometimes for no reason at all, my knuckles would go white, my heart would race, and I'd want to desperately grab the person next to me and ask, "Did you feel that? Are you scared too? Do you think we're going to make it?"

In a roundabout way, I followed a two-step formula for aligning myself with my desire of flying fearlessly.
First, I identified the beliefs that a fearless flyer would have.

Drawing upon my spiritual and logical insights, I made lists:

Nobody dies before their time.
There's no such thing as death—certainly not as we’ve typically thought of it.
If and when I die, it's going to be because my greater self saw it as the ideal time.
Flying is far safer than driving; statistically it's the safest way of traveling.

These thoughts gave me comfort. I would use statistics, facts, and my own spiritual perspectives to remind myself of these truths, to seed within myself beliefs that would ward off my new fear of flying.

Was all that enough? I wanted it to be enough! I may have wished it was enough! But as I’ve already spelled out, it’s rarely (if ever) enough to “know about the truth” to effect life changes. You must also live it, embody it: make it your own experience.

Second, I installed those beliefs.
The way I installed my beliefs was two-fold.
I refused to focus on the problem. I refused to tell anyone, other than immediate family, of my fear. Doing so would have reinforced and perpetuated the belief in my “issue.” Even when I spoke to my family about it, it was usually in passing terms and I’d never allow there to be a big discussion. This isn’t always easy, considering that when we go through trauma, whether it's fear of a plane crash or a broken heart, or bankruptcy, our instinct is (or at least mine is!) to tell the whole world what we're going through.

I remember once, after a relationship broke up due a bit of a scandal, walking through a grocery store wanting to grab a compassionate looking older woman and say, "Do you know what my girlfriend just did?" We want sympathy, we want consoling, we want someone else to “get” what we’re going through. But if we go overboard talking about our trials and tribulations, we risk lingering in our sorrows, and worse, bringing about more of the same in the future as these lingering thoughts rearrange the circumstances of our lives to become more things. Keeping quiet most of the time worked for me; you might want to talk about it a bit more with family, counselors or therapists. You have to be your own judge as to how much talk is healthy, and how much should be kept quiet.
The other thing I did to help install these beliefs and ward off my fear of flying was to never decline the opportunity to fly somewhere. I only flew a couple of times a year at that time; but even if it was a short trip, I wouldn’t allow myself to get out of it by taking a car, train, or bus. I was going to fly. I had to. It was my responsibility to act as if I wasn't afraid of flying.

It took about five years to get entirely over that irrational fear, but the point of this story is that to this day I still can't tell you why I went through that or what was “wrong with me;” although any such irrational fear is clearly based upon underlying, tangled, invisible, and limiting beliefs about ourselves and life. And all of this evidences that you needn’t know what might be wrong with you, nor need you figure out how you got where you are today, in order to deliberately move forward, creating life changes. You just need to know where you want to go, coupled with your growing knowledge of the mechanics of this reality and behave accordingly.

COOL EXERCISE

From the chapter, "The Code of Supreme Beauty" in her book Courage, Debbie Ford wrote: " You are always communicating something about who you are and your belief in your own value. If you do not find the courage to embody your message on every level of your being, you will not reach the hearts that are waiting to be touched by you."

It is crucial that we understand that every choice matters and that we are always, through every level of our beingness, communicating to the world who we are. Debbie also said, " You may think that if you take the actions or if you say the words, you have done enough. You may think that you don't need to take responsibility for embodying the message you are sending. But if you think you can just say things without truly owning and embracing that which you already are, you are just putting ice cream on top of poop."

To be able to stand in who you are, to let your authentic self be seen and to have the confidence to communicate that to the world, whether it be through your social media posts, the people you hang out with, the kind of pet you have, or even the way you wear your hair, are truly acts of courage! What could be more supremely beautiful than showing the world who you truly are?

Transformational Action Steps

(1) Look around the different areas of your life and reflect upon what those areas as they look today are communicating to the world about you.

(2) Take on one area where what you are communicating feels out of alignment with who you truly are.

(3) Determine what that area would look like if it were an accurate expression of who you are.

(4) Take two actions steps each week to bring that area into alignment so that what the outer world sees is in sync with who you are.

UPCOMING EVENTS

AGAPE SUNDAY! November 12, 2017

Agape means Love. We live in a world overwhelmed with divisiveness, pain, and confusion....Now more than ever, it is time to come together in the Spirit of Love, Good Food, Laughter, Inclusiveness, and Inner Peace.

Introducing the 2nd of a series of monthly Agape Gatherings:

What: Agape Meal and Open Mic!
Vegetarian Main Courses are provided: please bring sides, drinks, or meat dishes if you like:)

When: Sunday, Nov. 12th
12:30 Potluck Meal
1:30-3:ish Open Mic! Bring your songs, poetry, comedy routines and stories:)

Where: Fellowship Hall @1915 N. Swan St. Silver City
(park in the parking lot of 1st Presbyterian Church and come in the side door on 20th st.)

Who: The community of Silver City and visiting friends. No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!

Why: To get to know your neighbors and come together in a spirit of love, good food, laughter, inclusiveness, and inner peace

Beneficiary: The Gospel Mission, Silver City's homeless shelter. Please bring basic needs: clothes, canned goods, toiletries, books, etc.....

Let's make it a monthly date! Agape meal followed by: theatre performances, workshops, compelling speakers, board games, inspirational movies, stand up comedy, etc... there is some point of connection for everyone. Let us come together in the Spirit of Love.

Silver Regional Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) Fundraiser

11/16/2017 from 6:30-9:30 pm MST

Dinner and silent Action

Old Elk's club, Silver City, NM

Tickets- $35

 Nov. 17, 2017 Global Sisterhood New Moon Tele-circle

Dear Sister Angel,

You are invited to join us in a powerful Global Sisterhood movement! We believe that change begins from within. Imagine thousands of Sister Circles around the world synchronized on the new moon activating the same intention and unifying to catalyze personal and global transformation. Together we are doing this!

Science has shown when a critical mass of people gather in meditation amazing results occur. For example, in Washington D.C. in 1993 a small percentage of the population (less than 1%) meditated together and the violent crime rate decreased 23% percent (The Maharishi Effect). Science has also shown us that when a critical mass of people begin to believe or act in a certain way, the collective consciousness of the whole world begins to change.

We can be that critical mass co-creating global change.

We believe it is important for women to circle in ways that are appropriate to their unique culture, traditions, and community which is naturally happening world-wide. The unifying thread in the Global Sisterhood is that every Sister Circle will add the 10 minute Heart Meditation followed by a visualization on that New Moon's theme.

This month's theme is: Sacred Sexuality: I honor my body, my power, and my passion.

Astrology of this New Moon: Scorpio (water sign), Depth, Intuition, Passion, Sexuality/Sensuality, Death/Rebirth

To register for this FREE call, and to receive the follow up recording, CLICK HERE.

Your presence magnifies the power of our intention. Thank in advance for participating!

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