FIRST! I have made the decision that I am going to Blog twice a week, as I now know that doing it every day is just not gonna happen!! While I was walking by the lake the other day I came up with an idea that is going to help me focus on my topics and ensure that I have no excuses not to write. Well, I have always loved a sense of order to things, so I have resolved to use the Alphabet as my format. And as a further bonus to my obsession with order, this method has a nice numerical tidiness, too! There are 52 weeks in a year, and half that is 26 (number of letters in the alphabet, hey!), so writing twice a week will take me twice around the alphabet in a year.
It's already working, because as I was thinking about my topics for today, the ideas that I wanted to write about were all "A's!" Definitely LOA (Law of Attraction, if you don't know).
NEXT! It's Ayurveda, which is something you either know about or you don't! It literally means "The Science of Life" and is an ancient health practice, which centers on a body/mind/soul approach (good basic description here). There are tons of sites that talk about it, so I am not going to elaborate (I'll leave it to the experts). My interest in it has grown over the past few years and I was recently drawn to delve into it more. My health has been up and down for several months and I made the decision recently to make a big change in how I treat my body. Low and behold, there was suddenly a workshop on Ayurveda going on in my area (not an area you'd normally find this!). I went to the workshop, found it fascinating and inspiring, met some awesome new friends and now I belong to the group that has formed out of the workshop. The thing is...
...this is not an easy change to make. I intend to follow Ayurveda about 80-90% and I have only changed about 20-30% of my health practices so far (maybe less). Oh, I'll eat well for a few days then end up at the donut shop! I do yoga in the mornings, but then I'll sit at my laptop for the rest of the day. I think you get the idea. The "western" way of treating our bodies is completely chaotic, especially if you compare it to Ayurveda, so it's no easy task to make a shift towards balance. I know, I know, I shouldn't be so hard on myself, it's just that it is frustrating me. Now that I have chosen to follow a path towards health I just want to get on with it!!!
LASTLY: The wonderful world of "The Law of Attraction!" This will feature LOADS in my Blogs, so don't come near if you can't stand the positivity! Basically, its all about Asking for what we desire in such a way that we can attract it to ourselves. Simple enough? Sometimes!
In "The Secret" there is a section where "Ask...Believe...Recieve" is highlighted as a main principle. This a good basic format for using the LOA. And it's been on my mind a lot more lately, especially the "Believing" part. Jesus spoke those words in the Bible (check it out here) and they are as meaningful now as they were when they were first spoken.
But what DOES it mean? I don't think it is so much about "faith" (faith in a higher being, faith as putting our trust in something outside of ourselves, etdc.) as it is our attitude about believing. For me, belief means that when I believe that I can manifest something that I desire, and I can let go of needing it then I can manifest it. I know that it is this step of letting go of the need and the fear that we might not get it that makes all the difference! Easier said than done, YES. I saw a video recently on YouTube where this is discussed, it's a very thoughtful video by Sam Harris (the singer not the writer).
Something from my own life (not amazingly powerful, but I think its clear enough). I have been asking for Free Things lately. Part of me needs to get things free because we have no income at the moment. Part of me just likes free things because it is fun to see what shows up! Well, I've been getting something free nearly every day! Some things are bigger, like furniture that I really wanted, and some things are small, like a coupon for free snack chips . I feel that because I am really not very attatched to the outcome things will usually show up! I don't worry about whether or not I'll get something free, I just accept that it will or it won't show up.
They chatted about this stuff on Oprah a few weeks ago, and someone shared that it is FEAR that hinders us from believing in the result. I think that sometimes we even fear asking, so then our desires never even get off the ground! We can also fear the recieving: the fear that we will get what we've always wanted!!! That last bit has actually been one of my biggest hidden fears, the fear of actually getting our heart's desire. Watch this beautiful video if you'd like to see a great teaching on this subject. And the discussion on Oprah is here.
Well, that is definitely enough from me today, I'm sure there will be more soon!
Keep reaching for the thoughts that feel better...
:-)
Clarissa
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