How May I Serve?




Here is a beautiful blog post from Wayne Dyer.

As I read these words, the image that came to my mind was that of helping and working with elderly people.

What image comes to your mind as you read these words?...





How May I Serve?


"If you could have any job in the world what would it be?

Here’s how I have handled the getting of jobs and how I have advised others to go about it.

First, get a really sharp, clear vision of what you would like to see yourself doing. Then go to a quiet place in meditation and make conscious contact with God.

The beauty of meditation is that you begin to get answers.

Instead of asking for something for yourself, put all of your energy and attention into visualizing yourself in a capacity of serving, offering, or creating.

It’s then that doors begin to open for you.

Lao-tzu says that doors don’t open while we have attachment to physical things for ourselves.

What he calls the angelic guides or Source energy doesn’t enter our lives until we take the focus off “what’s in it for me?” or “what kind of job am I going to get?” or “how much money am I going to make?” and instead focus on “how may I serve?”

Get that inner picture of yourself serving in the capacity of your choice and then be at peace with it.

Take the focus off scarcity and lack and visualize service.

That’s how Spirit works—when we’re letting go, when we’re not trying, not chasing.

“Let yourself be lived by it,” says Lao-tzu.

Go within and trust Divine timing.

That’s how it’s always worked for me and I’ve always had more work than I could handle.

Namaste,

Wayne"




Source: http://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/how-may-i-serve


Of Too Much World?




"To allow oneself
to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns,
to surrender to too many demands,
to commit oneself to too many projects,
to want to help everyone in everything
is to succumb to the violence of our times."



~ Thomas Merton ~

Songs in the Key of Vacuums



One of the things I love about my home help job is that not only am I able to be of help to others who need it, but it also provides me with a healthy (but not too vigorous!) dose of exercise.

The simplicity, and routine nature of the work also allows me time for reflection and contemplation.

But sometimes I just hum or sing to myself as I clean.

This is one of my favourite tunes to hum whilst vacuuming.

And it always seems to fit in beautifully with whatever brand of vacuum cleaner I use!

Brian Eno called this one "Sombre Reptiles"

I prefer to call it by another name...

"The Happy Turtle"!

Inner Silence




Contain your experience with the divine so that it does not escape you but rather shapes you.

Be silent.

Silence will help you avoid engaging in the games of competition and illusion that regularly seduce us in the outside world.

Silence also helps you avoid distraction.

It helps focus the busy mind---the mind that always has to be doing something, thinking something, the mind that always has to be otherwise engaged lest it become introspective and allow the soul's voice to override its own.

The silence I am describing is a silence that you use to contain the grace you receive when you enter the Castle of your soul.

This quality of silence allows you to engage in discernment.

You carry this silence within you, even when you are with others.

It allows you to hold your center amid the chaos of your life; it keeps you clear so that you do not do or say things you will regret or make decisions out of fear


~ Caroline Myss ~



Source: Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul, Page: 38-39

The Big House




No matter where we are in the world, we are all being called to meet at the "Big House".

For, it is the only place where we can ever truly "be".

It is the place where we awaken to freedom by awakening to consciousness.

As the following abridged excerpt from "The Mind of the Soul" by Gary Zukav and Linda Francis illustrates, the metaphysical "Big House" is not a building to be found in America, Australia or any other country.

It is found right here, right now...wherever we are...


"Imagine that you are at a large house party. Some of the guests are kind, some are angry, some are patient, some are jealous, and some are gentle. Others are so rude you wonder how they got invited. You recognize some of the guests but not others.

The house represents your personality and the guests different parts of your personality. All have been invited by your soul. You stand at the door greeting them. If you are not aware that each has an invitation from your soul, you will welcome some, ignore others, and still others you will try to have thrown out. On the other hand, if you know how special the guests are, you will greet even the loud, angry, jealous and frightened ones warmly and want to know them better.

You are always at this party. It began when you were born and it will end when you die...

...After you meet all the guests at your party, you will know their perceptions, emotions, and agendas, and you will also be able to decide for yourself whether their in-tentions are your in-tentions. You place your will between their impulses and your actions, and then you can choose to say what you want to say, do and create, and not what they want to say, do, and create.

This is a conscious choice."



Dr. B's 5-minute relaxation video

Here's a great relaxation video from Dr. B on YouTube...

Settle back and relax with this 5-minute breathing exercise. (This video is not offered as therapy or treatment, but for recreational use only. Please see a licensed therapist if you have persistent problems with stress, anger, or anxiety.)

Solitude and Prayer






Some great quotes from Wayne Dyer's Wisdom of the Ages...


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"If you want to shed your miseries,
learn to sit silently
in a room alone
and
meditate."



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Learn to be silent.

Let your
quiet mind
listen
and
absorb.

PYTHAGORAS(580.B.C.-500 B.C.)


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All man's miseries
derive
from not being able
to sit quietly
in a room
alone.


BLAISE PASCAL(1623-1662)


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