Heaven and Hell

After years of Christian schools and church services and Sunday school. I felt a calling to find out more. At the time didn't know what the more was or even where to start looking. So I simply asked the question one night while watching a beautiful full moon in the sky. "There has to be something else, there has to be something I am missing, what is it?" That simple question has led me on an amazing journey of discovery. Several years later I am still on the journey and discovering more and more all the time.

Recently I was pushed hard against for not being a Christian. I was told I would go to hell. I was told Jesus would strike me down with a sword. I honestly had to laugh out loud as I believe there is no such place we are sent after death. I also believe Jesus would never come back as a vengeful Being. After all, he taught us to turn the other cheek and was one of the greatest healers of our world.

I have come to believe we make our own hell here on earth, just as we make our own heaven. AND not to mention my Episcopalian Grandmother used to tell me all the time "Honey, heaven and hell are right here one earth and when we die we will simply be at peace." I trusted you then but didn't realize just how right you were at the time. Now I do. Now I know. Now I believe I create my own reality. I have proof of it daily and as I watch other people I can see it in their lives as well. What an amazing gift you gave me so very long ago. Thank you.

In thinking about all of this I realized something rather significant to me. If Christianty is the 'true' religion why are there so many different sects and denominations? Also why do they tend to try so hard to find fault with the other? Why do so many people who just truly want to be happy and find peace within what they believe, push so hard against others that it causes war to erupt? I believe one reason is for the pleasure of coming back into alignment with who you really are. If we didn't have religion then we would not have so many people asking if there is something more. In order for us to grow we must experience contrast. In order for us to learn we must experience a lack of knowing or confusion. There is always something more to learn as we are an evolving species. I do appreciate Christians for what they believe and I am thrilled they can find something that soothes their soul gives them something to look forward to. Everyone should be able to find alignment within themselves. Everyone, no exception. I applaud the Buddhists, the Muslims, The Catholics and the Jews, and so many more I can't name. Everyone should be able to know God in their own way without anyone contradicting them. I also applaud those who want to believe simply in the spirituality of themselves. Those who believe they are an extension of God and that God is not something outside of them, but that God resides within them. What greater gift than to be free. What greater gift than to be left to what we feel is right for us. What greater gift to be able to come together and learn about other religions and non religions and come away with knowledge. We can all come together in love and harmony. That's what I believe and that's what I know. I don't care what your belief system is, if you find harmony and peace within it then it is right for you, and that is all that matters.

May you all be Blessed.

May you all find Peace.

May you all experience the unconditional love of the God you believe in.

We each have our own Filters

Have you ever been standing right next to someone and you are both looking at the same exact thing but you see it differently?? Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and walk away not understanding at all what they were talking about? Isn't it amazing that we don't all see things the same way?

We have two eyes,

two ears and a brain, but fortunately for us they work differently!

It's it a fantastic thing that we can view one situation from many many different angles and never see it quite the same. This is how we grow, this is how we expand, this is how we learn. We are all blessed with a guidance system, some call it soul, some call it God, it can be and is called by many different names, but it all comes from the same source. And if you were to witness someone physically touch the place they feel their guidance come from, it's usually in the same place, the solar plexus. That's why they call it a "gut feeling".

Relationships - for better or worse???

We as human beings have relationships with everything around us. We have a relationship with our mate, our mother & father, our siblings, our kids and so on and so on. We even have a relationship with ourselves.

Have you ever thought about the relationship you have with yourself?

How do you feel about you?

Are you critical, are you accepting, are you loving to you, or do you tend to 'beat' yourself up about things you think are wrong with you or that you think you do wrong?

Sometimes if we look at the relationship we have with ourselves we can see it reflected in those who surround us.

We can only attract what is active within us.

Period.

What is showing up for you?

The Sun came up this Morning!

Sometimes you wake up feeling like the world is your oyster.

It's a fabulous feeling to wake up and remember what was so good about yesterday even if yesterday wasn't the best day you have had.

There has to be something right?

Anything?

Okay - so you can not come up with one thing that went right?? Let me give you a few - this is my list, when I wake up on the wrong side of the bed and I gladly share it with you.

The sun came up this morning, you might not have seen it but it came up, all by itself, the air continues to swirl around you and your lungs automatically work, your heart beats, and by the way LOVES all by itself, you don't have to remind it, or make it - it just does. Flowers bloom and you are able to appreciate them - or not - its your choice. Life is a choice, it's simply up to us what we are going to focus upon or not. The more we focus upon things which feel good the more good we will get.

Have you ever noticed a day when you woke up grumpy, late, everything you touch seems to spill or break or fall and you keep saying to yourself "this day sucks" or "everything is going wrong", AND IT IS! Then you might have a giving up moment or you may just sit down and cry for a moment. Suddenly things just seem to balance and though it's not great yet, or even good, you may feel "ok" realize that OK is a lot better than before. It's all a process. We cannot make big leaps and bounds, little steps feel better and are easy to traverse. So take a little step today and realize the sun came up this morning, and will set this evening, maybe even give you a magnificent show on both occasions and you didn't have to do a thing about it but watch, enjoy, and appreciate.

Take a little step today and again tomorrow and so on, and before you realize it you will be one of those people who see the brighter side of things without even meaning to, it will be as natural as the sun coming up in the morning.