Your heart’s desire

by Karen Linsley

What is your heart’s desire?

The law of attraction says that we can have that which we seek, we need only think positively and it is ours! Well, it’s not quite that simple. Thinking positively helps, of course, but action is involved, as is gratitude and setting the intention. There’s a metaphor that periodically makes the rounds: if you sit in a closet praying for a hot dog, God will not shove it though the key hole for you. You must get out of the closet and go to the store and buy the hotdogs! So, what’s involved?

Self exploration: you must be aware of your wants and your needs, you must be aware of your body’s needs. So if we take the hot dog metaphor as an example, you would be paying attention to your body and acknowledging it when it says, “I’m hungry.” Then you must do a bit more self exploration to find out what you are hungry for.

Intention: once you decide what you want, then you have to figure out how to get it. In the case of a hot dog, you simply need to get yourself to the store and buy them.

Believe it or not, there is no big or small. Getting a hot dog is just as easy as curing cancer or winning the lottery, as far as the Universe is concerned. So where does prayer, affirmations and gratitude come into all of this?

Let’s look at the definition of prayer: if you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you might remember that around here the classic definition of prayer doesn’t cut it. None of this beseeching to an outside entity! Instead, prayer is more of a knowing, a connection with the Force within, an acknowledging of that which is already true.

Gratitude is a very powerful tool. It changes the very nature of our being, our energy vibrates at a higher level when we are able to acknowedge gratitude in our lives. And with that higer vibration comes more of the same. This is basic law of attraction stuff.

Setting your intention is also powerful. Once you set your intention, then you must be willing to take the action. Do what needs to be done to achieve your heart’s desire. Write down your plan of action, then stick with it.

You can achieve your heart’s desire. It takes a combination of inner work: connecting with the Force within and practicing an attitude of gratitude, then setting your intention and taking action.

Now I’m going to add another element: the state of wanting something simply creates more wanting. We always get what we want. Always. There are never some requests that are granted and some that aren’t. We always get what we want. We are much more powerful than we sometimes acknowledge. So if you are wanting something, guess what? You’ll get more of that which you are thinking about every day. When you say things such as “when I find the perfect relationship I’ll be ok” or “I want a relationship, then I’ll feel ok,” guess what? You are affirming the wanting of a relationship. Instead, know that your relationship with yourself and with whateveryouwanttocallgod is perfect. Know that you are ok, right here and right now. Love yourself, and then the perfect relationship will come to you.

Do not state your affirmations and intentions in the negative. The Universe does not understand that. If you say, I don’t want this sickness anymore, all the Universe knows is that you are reaffirming sickness. Instead, be grateful for the things in your body that work perfectly. Acknowledge the good that is in your life, and create more of that. Soon the illness will be gone.

Working together with the Light within you, yes, you already have your heart’s desire!

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No complaints? No chance

Tomorrow is officially designated as a day for giving thanks. But despite the bipartisan efforts of two U.S. House members from Missouri, today is not officially designated as “Complaint Free Wednesday.” And despite the indisputable power of positive thinking, it would be wishful thinking to expect many Americans — or many human beings of any other nationality — to go an entire day without griping.

Yet Democrat Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, with the support of Republican colleague Sam Graves, recently made this upbeat — or is it simply naive? — written case for easing up on the rampant negativity:

“Complaining keeps people stuck on current problems, inhibiting them from thinking constructively to find solutions.”

Huh? Though we hate to complain about Rep. Cleaver’s logic, without complaints, few problems are ever solved — especially by Congress.

Rep. Cleaver hailed his notion of a “complaint free” Thanksgiving eve as a way to spread “the spirit of hope, optimism and positivity.” However, his proposal didn’t generate a positive response from his House colleagues, who last year rejected the same pitch from Rep. Graves.

Hey, if you want to avoid complaints on this or any other day, don’t go into politics.

And though we hate to complain again, while elevating “hope” and “optimism” is a fine goal, “positivity,” while technically a word, sounds as if it shouldn’t be.

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Positive thinking, the key to success

by Kedidimetse Mpolokeng

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman and former Prime Minister once said, “nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”

Whatever we do often comes out to be a true reflection of our thoughts. For instance, people who whine and surrender to the belief that they do not have a life or are stuck in an abusive relationship will probably end up right there.

The law of attraction also states that you attract and manifest the things you think about. If you obsess about the problems you have now, you will stay stuck in the problems. But if you concentrate on where you want to go from there, you’ll start to move forward again and attract helpful events, in an ever-increasing measure, that will help you to gain momentum and improve your prospects. It pays to focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want.

Those who might have watched a film called The Secret, or even read the book, will agree with me that everything that comes into our lives is attracted to us, through us, by the desirable quality of the images we hold in our minds. This simply means that when you think positive thoughts and focus on them intently, just like a magnet you will attract positive things in your life. You can therefore turn your specific and hopeful wishes for money or great relationships into strong magnetic intentions by focusing your thoughts on these desires and nothing else.

That being said, not everything we think about happens. What you think about most, over and over again, and that’s with the greatest amount of personal energy and attention, will indeed grow, manifest and come into your life. For instance, if you focus primarily on the feeling of happiness, you literally experience an expanse of happiness in the moment and you also attract future moments of happiness too.

We all deserve great things in life and all those can happen through our good intensive thoughts. Focus on what you want; you can do this by just starting with a list of day to day things to do.

Set out good intentions for the day; picture how beautiful, smooth and flowing your day will be. This will then be followed by an easy flow of your thoughts. Do away with the stress and easily get ahead with plenty of enthusiasm and energy. It’s simple, and thinking like this will not hurt you. After all you have nothing to lose at the end of it all, but plenty to gain.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking said, “Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously and never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop this picture!”

All you need is to picture and see it in your mind, and then definitely you will have it in your life. For your life to change for the better, you need to shift your focus and change the way you think. You can start by imagining yourself enjoying all those you desire as if they are in your possession already. With this being done, you will gradually attract the pictures you hold foremost in your mind.

The secret is to be patient, all the wealthy and successful men we see out there are mostly a product of positive thinking. Most of them never studied nor do they know where school gates are. They dreamt living large and slowly those thoughts became a reality. Little by little, you will become comfortable working with your thoughts; especially when you understand that most thoughts don’t have instant manifesting power. Affirm to yourself that you can have anything you set and focus your mind on.

Keep your mind trained on positive directions. Keep your mind flooded with positive thoughts, and keep giving your desires energy derived from your positive thoughts. Try it and see if it helps!!
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Poem: Haters by Maya Angelou

By Maya Angelou

A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all their
time trying to make you look small so they can look tall.
They are very negative people to say the least. Nothing is ever
good enough!

When you make your mark, you will always attract some haters…

That’s why you have to be careful with whom you share your
blessings and your dreams, because some folk can’t handle seeing
you blessed…

It’s dangerous to be like somebody else… If God wanted you to be
like somebody else, He would have given you what He gave them! Right?

You never know what people have gone through to get what they
have…

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they
don’t know my story…

If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, you
can rest assured that the water bill is higher there too!

We’ve all got some haters among us!

Some people envy you because you can:
a) Have a relationship with God
b) Light up a room when you walk in
c) Start your own business
d) Tell a man/woman to hit the curb
(if he/she isn’t about the right thing)
e) Raise your children without both parents being
in the home

Haters can’t stand to see you happy.
Haters will never want to see you succeed.
Most of our haters are people who are supposed to be
on our side.

How do you handle your undercover haters?
You can handle these haters by:

1. Knowing who you are & who your true friends are
*(VERY IMPORTANT!!)

2. Having a purpose to your life: Purpose does not
mean having a job. You can have a job and still be
unfulfilled.

A purpose is having a clear sense of what God has called you to be.
Your purpose is not defined by what others think about you.

3. By remembering what you have is by divine
prerogative and not human manipulation.

Fulfill your dreams! You only have one life to live…when its your
time to leave this earth, you want to be able to say, ‘I’ve lived my
life and fulfilled my dreams, Now I’m ready to go HOME!

When God gives you favor, you can tell your haters, ‘Don’t look at
me…Look at who is in charge of me…’

Pass this to all of your family & friends who you know are
not hating on you including the person who sent it to you.

If you don’t get it back, maybe you called somebody out!
Don’t worry about it, it’s not your problem, it’s theirs.
Just pray for them, that their life can be as fulfilled as
yours! Watch out for Haters…BUT most of all don’t become
a HATER!

‘A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man
should have to seek Him first to find her.’

Maya Angelou

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How Buddhism can help blacks

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By Maya Rock

Buddhism in America is on an upswing. A 2008 Pew poll estimated that there are 1.6 million Buddhists in America. The Dalai Lama’s face is instantly recognizable and several of his books, with titles such as Becoming Enlightened, have been bestsellers. Mainstream Western doctors and monks alike acclaim the benefits of meditation, the cornerstone of most forms of Buddhism. I see some connections between the Buddhist philosophies and black culture and have been keen to explore what Buddhism offers to black people.

What drew me to Buddhism was one powerful word: suffering. All over Buddhist literature there are acknowledgements that human existence is suffering. Suffering, according to Buddhism, is a fact of daily life. It’s not only the big losses - like the loss of a person - that affect us, it’s the small things, such as being cut in line or being chastised by a supervisor. Suffering occurs because of our attachment to the ‘phenomenal world’ - everything from our favorite songs, magazines, books, hairstyles, shoes, to our most cherished beliefs, attitudes and opinions. Buddhism teaches that it’s only when we rid ourselves of these attachments that we can truly be at peace.

Buddhism’s frank acceptance of the existence of suffering resonates with the black experience. Choyin Rangdrol, one of the few African-American teachers of Buddhism, said in an interview, “When I discovered that it was possible to avoid becoming ensnared in the mentality of an angry black man by applying Buddhism, I felt I had found a great treasure not just for me but also for my people.”

Author Alice Walker echoes Rangdrol’s thoughts. In The Best Buddhist Writing of 2007, she relates a typically horrific anecdote from the 19th century about the son of a black woman and white farmer who was shot by his father and a group of white men for riding a horse that was “too fine.” Walker explains that the typical Buddhist reaction is to offer compassion to every one involved, rather than taking the familiar way out which is to punish the perpetrators of the crime.

Buddhism doesn’t just speak to healing from history. It can ease the pain of those suffering right now. The reluctance of Buddhism to demonize criminals makes it a natural fit for prisoner conversion. It is well known that many blacks find God and Allah in prison. Many also find Buddha.

Jay Jarvis Masters is a black Buddhist on death row. He has been featured in O Magazine and has written two books entitled Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row and That Bird Has Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man. He believes that Buddhism can speak to those trapped behind bars. “A lot of people in [prison] are coming around,” he is quoted as saying. “They don’t see Buddhism as a religion; they see it as a kind of meditation, or relaxation. A lot of prisoners have been on death row for a long time now. They are restless. They want to learn patience. They want to learn to sit with their thoughts, or better yet, without them. There’s an absolute need for some kind of spiritual life.”

One doesn’t have to be behind bars to benefit from Buddhism. One of the most famous black Buddhists, Tina Turner, practices a brand of Buddhism called Soka Gakkai. Soka Gakkai, which does not promote meditation, has been viewed skeptically by other Buddhist sects. It rests largely on the chanting made famous by Angela Bassett in What’s Love Got To Do With It? Chanting is said to reward through the law of attraction. So you can chant for a new car, a new house and so forth. Tina Turner, however, used it to escape from a physically abusive marriage. Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is another noted Soka Gakkai practicioner and says that chanting inspires him.

Almost all forms of Buddhism prize meditation as a response to dealing with emotions no matter how justified they seem. It asks us to consider that everyone who reacts in anger feels that his or her anger is justified. When you sit and meditate, you begin to perceive the transience and ephemeral nature of your thoughts and emotions. You realize that you don’t have to follow them.

In this day and age, ideas, thoughts, religions, and even emotions, flash ever more rapidly across the globe through the Internet. Bombarded by stimulation from the outside and our own reactions from the inside, we may feel overwhelmed. Buddhism invites all people to take a break from those feelings and to discover calmness within. There is much that black people can gain from Buddhism.

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Explore the path to spiritual living

By SUKHABODHANANDA

You have to insulate yourself from the effects of worldly living. The environment has its strong impact. The external world is in a rat race for greed, glamour and respectability. It does not bother about real joy and purity. Naturally, external influence affects an individual. In this rat race even if one wins one continues to be a rat. Glamour gives you an illusory joy but your soul needs to grow.

‘Why does a fish in an ocean try to jump out?’ asked a Zen student.

‘The fish is trying to explore a world beyond the ocean,’ answered the Master.

Consciousness in each one of us is like a fish that wants to explore the unknown, to evolve and grow. If you do not insulate yourself from negative forces, there will be a leakage of energies and that would hamper your growth. So it is necessary not to struggle in life and not allow negativity to control your life. One has to learn to float in life, to let go, let in the essentials and negate unessential feelings.

How can I insulate myself from negative influences?

People live life in fear. It is out of fear that they worship; out of fear they get married; out of fear of insecurity they beget children. Whenever fear emerges, there is a leakage of energy. Fear creates a hurt body and it then tries to survive by quoting philosophy and logic.

We try to protect ourselves from fear through the influences of worldly life…by acquiring more money and more power. But spiritually we can insulate ourselves from fear, only if we have trust.

We were secure in our mother’s womb. At term when we were pushed out into the world, it was as though we were facing death. We experienced tremendous fear.

After being born, is it death or birth that marks our lives?

Trust that when one door closes, another door opens. Such trust insulates us from fear. The spiritual way of seeing is, if there is an impression or a negative impression of fear in the mind, one has to de-identify with it. This detachment or de-identification is the insulation that i am talking of. In yoga, it is called atma smaranam, self-remembrance.

What happens when we insulate ourselves from negative impressions?

Worldly influences do not touch us. Instead, we would be in touch with higher vibrations and open ourselves for higher influences. The higher centres in us are constantly communicating something profound to us, but we close ourselves to them. It is like a cup turned upside down. No amount of rainwater can fill the cup. The moment we are available for higher vibrations, we attract nobler aspects of life. Lower states attract lower aspects of life while the higher states attract higher aspects of life. This is the law of attraction.

Why is devotion necessary?

Devotion activates our higher centres. Devotion purifies our emotions. Devotion allows the finer vibrations to flow into our lives. With devotion, your third eye or intuitive eye opens, and you would see many meaningful coincidences occurring in your life. You will see the mysterious hand of God blessing you.

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