JD LeJeune

Passage from Friendship with God by Neale Donald Walsch

Timely: As of late (like others I am sure) I have found myself sucked into my past “Why did I do that? How could I have avoided this? Why did this happen?”…etc. As of late more and more things point to becoming present and simply observing what is. Allow it to be. Be grateful for this moment. Why stress? Why resist? Why hurt myself any longer?

Neale: How can I forget my past? Other people’s ideas about me are based, in part at least, on their experience of me-on my behaviors-in the past. What do I do, just forget that I did those things? Pretend they don’t matter?

God: Neither. Do not seek to forget your past, seek to change your future.The worst thing you could do is forget your past. Forget your past and you forget all that it has to show you, all that it gave you as its gift.

Neither pretend that it doesn’t matter. Rather, acknowledge that it does matter-and that, precisely because it does, you have decided not to repeat certain behaviors ever again.

Yet, once you have made that decision, let go of your past. Letting go of it does not mean forgetting it. It means stopping the holding on, ending the clinging to your past as if you are going to drown without it. You are drowning because of it.

Stop using your past to keep you afloat in your ideas of Who You Are. Let go of these old logs and swim to a new shore.

Even people with a wonderful past are not served by holding onto it as if that is Who They Are. This is called “resting on your laurels,” and nothing stops growth faster.

Neither rest on your laurels nor dwell on your failures. Rather, start over; begin anew in each golden moment of Now.

But how can I change behaviors that have become habitual, or character traits that have become ingrained?

By asking yourself one simple question: Is this Who I Am?

It’s the most important question you will ever ask yourself. You may ask it profitably before and after every decision in your life, from what clothes to wear, to what job to take, from whom to marry, to whether to marry at all. And certainly it is a key question to ask when you catch yourself in behaviors you say you want to discontinue.

And this will change long-held character traits or behaviors?

Try it.

Okay, I will.

Good.

HeartMath Energy-Savers

As you practice cultivating your heart’s intelligence, you begin to discern different aspects of this unique core of wisdom within you. These aspects, or qualities of intelligence, can be used in different circumstances as your changing needs arise. A valuable aspect to call upon is the “Soft Heart.”

Soft Heart is a place to regenerate and find renewed balance. Let’s face it, nobody feels great, or even good, all the time. How you feel can shift frequently during a day, week or month. Mood swings are commonplace as life becomes more complex, overstimulating and uncertain. Shifts in feelings and mood can be exhausting and confusing unless you have emotion regulation tools to use. When you learn to go to your Soft Heart, you’ll find an easygoing, warm place of compassion for yourself. It’s not a mushy or self-pitying place. It’s a place of ease and self-care.

A useful metaphor for Soft Heart is a warm, calming bath. Imagine yourself soaking in this bath in your heart, easing away tension and anxiety little by little. Your first step, before entering the “soak,” is to recognize that you’re feeling disturbed, overwhelmed or depressed.

Remember, it’s not the issues that cause your low-ebb feelings as much as the significance you’re giving them. Now, find your Soft Heart attitude. Soak and relax your feelings in the compassion of the heart, letting the significance dissolve a little at a time. Take your time doing this. Keeping your attention in a Soft Heart can allow more coherent heart rhythms to emerge, helping you recoup mental, emotional and physical vitality.

Respect the fact that you are human, living in a time of profound change as the planetary shift accelerates. Allow yourself to ease and rest in the comfort of your Soft Heart to recoup energy. As you move in slower motion for a while, you’ll find that your emotional energy delicately recharges and your vitality and heart buoyancy eventually will return.

From: Abraham-Hicks.com
On: September 12, 2001

Esther: Abraham, today our office has been flooded with telephone and mail requests that we post a message from you on our web site. Would you give us those words?

Abraham: We are happy to offer our words. We hold no greater intent than to soothe our dear physical friends back into their connection with Source Energy.

There has never been a greater opportunity for those who have been studying the Art of Allowing than in this powerfully focused time. There has never been a greater reason than in this time.

Most people will feel the terrible impact of today’s events because the events themselves will control their thoughts. And by all standards that is understandable. The thing that we most want you to remember is that the terrible feeling in the pit of your stomach is the result of your disconnection from your Energy Source, and while you cannot control the actions of those who hijack your airplanes and fly them into your buildings, you do have control over the valve which allows or disallows the Source of Energy into your being.

Whenever you experience powerful negative emotion, your awareness of the relief from it is equally evident, and so if it is your desire to really understand what true Allowing of Source Energy is, try to turn your thoughts, for a few minutes here and a few minutes there, to the details of your own life’s activities, and experience the relief that will occur. And then stop and say to yourself, “This is good. I have allowed my connection, for a moment, here.

It is our desire that you find relief from your discomfort.

You will not be able to watch the events replayed on your television, and experience your connection with your Source.

You will not be able to search for the reason for the attack, and experience your connection with your Source.

You will not be able to seek revenge against those responsible, and experience your connection with your Source.

Some may misunderstand our message of “Allowing,” believing that it means to accept the actions of those responsible, seeking no revenge, and trying to somehow make their actions right or at least understandable. But that is not what our message of “Allowing” is.

Our message of “Allowing” means that there are no circumstances, even those as extraordinary as the events of this day, to use as your excuse to disallow your connection to Source Energy.

While the mind of human consciousness is spinning and swimming in the confusion of these events, the Energy of Well-being, from which all has come forth, dominates.

Even if every human consciousness, presently focused on your planet at this time, were disconnected from Source as a result of their awareness of this event, your balance of Well-being still remains staggeringly dominant.

We can offer no words that soothe, or explanations that will satisfy.

But we do know that your fantastic lives will continue.

And that the balance of your planet is dramatic Well-being.

And that the statistics of those personally affected compared to those not personally affected is so great that it almost cannot be measured.

Many are distraught because they believed before — and even more so now — that your planet needs to be healed.

Everything that we have offered in the thousands of hours of explaining, that we have offered over the past 15 years, has been to assist you in understanding that even under these conditions, YOUR Well-being is still in place.

Many of you have come to really know this, and will regain your balance quickly.

The most important thing to remember is, this is not the time to try to explain to most others that Well-being abounds, for they find these events compelling evidence to the contrary.

Do your best to find your personal connection, and do not fret when it appears that most of the world is making no effort to find their connection.

Know that as far as YOUR life is concerned, that it is enough that YOU find your connection - and trust that the Well-being of your planet does still, and always will, survive.

There is great love here for you, Abraham

From The HeartMath Institute

“It is no longer enough to be smart — all the technological tools in the world add meaning and value only if they enhance our core values, the deepest part of our heart…” - Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman

From The HeartMath Institute

“Only do what your heart tells you.” - Princess Diana