Universal Truths

Times they are a changing...

I have learnt to embrace change. I don't always love it but I certainly have made change my friend.

In my "past life", prior to the last seven years :o), I loathed change.  In my unconscious attempt to control everyone and everything, not in a conscious neurotic sort of way but from an unconscious place of deep fears, change represented uncertainty.  I found it scary, unpredictable and not always in my best interest.

These days I know that change is certain and
I view it as an ever ready portal
through which all my undesirable conditions can be transformed.

During my recent years of great personal transformation, it was a surprise to me just how many aspects of my life and myself I didn't like. The more I chose to shine the light on areas of myself and my life, the more I found I was less than content with.

Learning what we've learnt along the way, I got to change much about myself.  As I did I found that when I achieved the next version of "me" in an area I considered to be ideal, I would realise yet more was available, if I so desired.  I came to understand that not only can I continually and endlessly imagine other, grander versions of ideal, for ever aspect of my life, but that it is in harmony with Life Itself to do so.

It has become known to me at a cellular level that my number one purpose for existing at all is to partake in the Great Plan of Life/Evolution which by definition is "a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form." *

Last weekend marked the "next step" of significant change for Anthony and I yet again. While most weekends do, the difference this time is that I wish to share the planning, the process, and the progress via this space.

The areas upon which the Light is currently being shone includes: our body composition (or personal physical expression), our expression via our home, and the manner and roles through which we express ourself in areas of service.

As I have blogged and posted in the past, planning precedes performance.  So, last weekend was when I put keyboard to screen and produced my latest "What" document. From a place of uncritical observation, I listed "What" conditions I am currently producing/receiving (Keys: Awareness + 1).  I then asked and noted, "What do I now desire?" (Key No. 2), and this elegantly led me too, "What" my new focus needs to be on (Key No. 3).

I also took some current stats in terms of my height, weight and measurements. To accompany these I took some now photos which I'm also doing with the cabin (our home). I intend to upload these on weekends or when the tools of the trade permit me to do so more regularly with ease. Whilst the body shots will be conservative for professional purposes they will reveal enough to document my progress.

And what does this have to do with manifesting an inner city abode or becoming a company culture change agent, you might ask? Everything of course! Absolutely everything as we'll come to see...

until I post again...
Love the Life you Live
J x

* source: meaning of evolution

Entering into the Spirit of It

Now back to the matter of a complimentary abode in the city...

It was in Judge Thomas Troward's Dore Lectures that I first read about Entering into the Spirit of a thing.  Below are a variety of extracts from the Lecture of the same name.  Before reading them I would like to give you a tip that may assist you experience the true value of this material written in the first decade of the 1900s.  As this blog suggests, when you read these lines do so when you have a moment of quiet to read the words with care, and feel the feeling that is at the back of each word.  Imagine what the author felt as he wrote and spoke these words; and - from a place of uncritical observation - I invite you to notice what feelings they elicit within you:

"The Spirit is that which gives life and movement to anything, in fact it is that which causes it to exist at all.”

“The creative process in the first instance is purely a matter of feeling.”

“Since the Spirit is Life-in-itself, its feeling can only be for the fuller expression of Life.”

“It is this original feeling that we need to enter into, because it is the fons et origo [source and origin] of the whole chain of causation which subsequently follows.”

“...since the desire to bestow the greater fullness of joyous life can only be described as Love, we can sum up the whole of the feeling which is the original moving impulse in the Spirit as Love and Beauty -

...the Spirit finding expression through forms of beauty in centres of life, in harmonious reciprocal relation to itself."

"If we could only so enter into the Spirit as to make it personally IN OURSELVES what it evidently is in ITSELF, the magnum opus [the great work] would be accomplished.”

“This is a generalised statement of the broad principle by which Spirit expands from the innermost to the outermost, in accordance with a Law of tendency [natural Law of Growth] inherent in itself."

So far, so great right!? While there is a WHOLE lot more to what Troward has to say on this subject, the more I read the more I see patterns of wisdom and instructions guiding me toward the manner in which we turn thought forms and our imaginings into matter and that is - through the recognition that Spirit is creating the conditions through me as an Individual Placeholder in the Great Plan of Life [a form of beauty and centre of life]. 

We are each fully equipped and integral vehicles through which Spirit/Life evolves!  However, for us to become demonstrations of this Truth and utilise the Loving Might and Ability of Life's potential, which can only operate in this physical/third dimension through us, we must first recognise and believe this to be a Truth. 

Now, if this “living an ideal life” business was easy, every man and his dog would be doing it!  However the only reason it isn’t easy is because of our prior conditioning – that is beliefs and decisions about Life and how It operates that are incomplete and limiting.  How’s it going for you so far?  Are your current beliefs about yourself and Life serving you, and all your affairs, well?

The reason Anthony and I looked for what else people were writing, saying, and doing to live a more ‘ideal’ life was because the information we had wasn’t cutting it – in any area of our life (home, work, relationships).  And it certainly wasn’t bestowing upon us the greater fullness of joyous living that can only be described as Love and Beauty. 

I am delighted to share however that these days Life is expressing itself more lovingly and beautifully through us…and it is certainly becoming easier and easier to Be this way.

“This means realising our life as drawn direct from the Originating Spirit; and if we now understand that the Thought or Imagination of the Spirit is the great reality of Being, and that all material facts are only correspondences, then it logically follows that what we have to do is to maintain our individual place in the Thought of the Parent Mind."

On the Universal Truths Facebook Page this week I shared another of a number of quotes that come up as reminders/affirmations on my phone daily – some of which have been coming up for in excess of 110 days.  This one reads, "I give thanks for already having received on the invisible, and make active preparation for receiving on the visible."

Over this weekend, and in my upcoming posts, I'll be developing ways to share exactly what I'm thinking and doing to actively prepare to receive our additional dwelling in Brisbane – well, to the extent that I can in 700-1000 words at a time.  Perhaps I’ll add some video blogging along the way..?  I'll also be writing a whole lot more in the coming weeks as I acquire a tool of the trade to support this overwhelming desire to write, write, write and share, share, share.

until my next post
Live the Life you Love
J.  x

source: The Dore Lectures

One thing is for Certain

 
The company with whom I'm currently engaged is in the throes of massive transformation. No surprises there given my belief that everything and everyone, in my unique perspecitve of the world, is in some form or another a reflection of my Self. : )

The greatest corporate transformation I've experienced to-date was when the Melbourne aviation office I was engaged with from 1998 to 2004 outsourced its products and services resulting in the office's closer and redundancy of all team members.

During the closure period, around August to December, my business success and human potential studies were in their infancy.  They had progressed enough however to gain an intellectual understanding that, in Truth, "Life is happening through me, not to me".

That small family of 10, part of a global company employing in excess of 25,000, united by consciously or unconsciously agreeing on a couple of key concepts including;

• One Thing for Certain is...Change; and
  
  
• Thoughts and Attitudes play a big part in our current change experiences and in our next professional engagement, our home life, our health, and goodness knows what else, now and in the future...

The outcome: every member of that family stayed until the final day and immediately transitioned to roles we considered to be an advancement for one reason or another.

Another major factor I believe contributed to that outcome was the leadership capabilities and competencies of our Managing Director. More about these another time - they're important!

On my newest stage, I find myself surrounded by more lovely people.  In my immediate vicinity there are 26 of them. My experience is that they are warm, friendly, professional, fun loving, family oriented, and highly intelligent people in their fields.

Late last week, following an office group function, five guys (amongst them leaders from our team) were chatting. Not too long after joining them to say hello, I asked the group a question... It went something like;

So, who here thinks they'll still have a job in 6 to 12 months? :|

My conscious mind, the one that operates in conjunction with my five physical senses, wants to dedicate the next couple of paragraphs to justifying why I asked the question in this manner, just as it briefly attempted to do at the time. Yet, when I invite my sub-conscious mind to contribute a perspective it offers something quite different...

My sub-conscious mind, the part that operates in conjunction with my feelings enables me to have an emotional attachment with the people I'm around, in fact people in general these days, that springs from a base of Love.  From that place my question resembles something more like;

"This is a big time for you guys, most of you are husbands and fathers, with homes and bills to pay, children to educate, lives to plan, relationships to be enjoyed. What are you making of this time and job security?" : )

Some of these guys have been with the company for a decade or more.  Fortunately, they are sharp and fast and got my intent real quick so we went on to have a candid conversation for the last few minutes of the gathering.

It was great to discover that these guys are not just colleagues, they're mates.  I loved they're honest sharing.  One colleague expressed it was Certainty he desired.  A knowing which way things are going to go - one way or the other.  They were frank in their understanding that new blood often brings known blood with them to the table - people they have worked with in the past.  So they most want to know where they stand.

When I asked if it really was Certainty they sought, another colleague suggested that it's Transparency in terms of simply being kept informed.

I agreed, I believe Transparency is paramount when people do not yet have the understanding and experience that we are creating our own reality and that in truth job security is not up to anyone or anything outside our self.  In this interim, Transparency forms part of the foundation of basic respect and is a two way street.

By the end, our conversation left me contemplating two Certainties...the first is as this post implies, Change is Certain. The second certainty is that we are always in transition and there is an easy and elegant manner for this transition to occur.

I believe company culture and company success, like individual personalities and our ability to prosper, are external expressions of our internal beliefs and values.

The significant Change that will determine this company
and individual's outcomes are the changes that are going on within.

Now, regarding Getting into the Spirit of my city abode...

until I post again...
Live the Life you Love
J. x

The Waiting Game

A blog about Manifestation

The greatest fascination I have currently, regarding the Law of Attraction, New Thought, or Mental Science, is the speed at which it takes to manifest our desired objects, relationships and conditions.

Is there a way to determine or influence how long it takes for our "stuff" to show up?

I honestly believe there is, and one of the ways I am applying and improving this process is by gaining a greater understanding of the Natural Law of Growth as well as getting into the Spirit of a Thing.

Allow me to explain my interpretation of the Natural Law of Growth concept with these examples...

Simply put, if my desire is to draw to myself an ideal role, optimum health, a gazillion dollars, or a fabulous relationship, I must first become this person in my imagination.

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. ~ Proverbs 23:7

In doing so I will Grow into these roles naturally by attracting or drawing to me the right and perfect resources (people, places, information, funds etc.) and conditions (objects, opportunities, roles, learings, timing etc.) required to Be this person, Do these activities, and Have these experiences.

While today marks day four of my "ideal role" (a stepping stone to my grander aspirations of service), I rehearsed the role on and off (a significant inhibitor to speedy manifestation) for about six months in my imagination prior to it showing up in our three dimensional existence. I have been practicing on stage for three more months and only now beginning to gain some real clarity about how this is contributing to what my version of highest personality and "ideal" is.

During this time I have been observing a variety of feelings, especially in the past few weeks, and the ones I am specifically interested in right now are in regard to the three hours of travel required to get to and from my place of service.

When I consider "what's ideal" for the next phase of this journey, it is evident after 12 weeks that three hours travel, even though I utilise these moments productively, is not "ideal" for five days straigt, week in week out.

This part of the process we call Awareness. I am Aware that I would rather a different travel schedule.

My desired outcome in this role is to provide exceptional service. In doing so, I believe it will generate feelings of appreciation for my knowledge, skills and talents and also reflect desirable conditions of being highly valued - a reflection of the amount and style of value I am and will continue offering and delivering.

In Being and Doing what I next desire...what would be really ideal...is to Have access to an inner city abode, as well as the haven and expanse that the mountain cabin provides. This way, I can achieve greater flexibility in relation to office hours enabling me to perform my duties and provide the Executive I support with even greater service and value.

My first tendency when I thought of this was still to consider "how" this was going to happen. Although I know "how" is not my responsibility, I am now recognising that there are degrees of "how". Recognising and surrendering all attempts to control or dictate "how" a desired condition objectifies itself is what I'm addressing right now.

My role in this glorious, delectable Play called "Life" is to contemplate my undesirable condition from an uncritical place of observation.

Instead of thinking and saying things like, "we may not be able to afford it" and "it's not like someone is going to just give us a place", instead I clearly define "what". What's ideal? What do I now desire?

Here's what I am doing at present to surrender and release "how", in all its disguises.

An initial thought that came to me about a city abode was, "I desire a fully furnished apartment, on a top floor, free of charge."

By the natural Law of Growth this has evolved into, "My Loving Father/Mother willing provides me with the perfect abode, in the perfect place, in the perfect way, under grace, knowing that my deepest desires include:

• To be in walking distance to the office
• To have access to a large private balcony or private rooftop space
• That the premises is new and fresh or aged and funky (warehouse style)
• Lots of natural lighting
• Reliable hot water, heating and cooling
• Reliable Internet access
• Easy access; and
• A car space

That or Better!

And, in a way I do not know, you do not know, no man knows,
it will harden into fact!

In my next post I'll share what I do to get into the Spirit of this thing called "My ideal city abode!"

until I post again...
Live a Life you Love
J. x