Experience the expression of supreme intelligence and the creative universal force

I relax and breathe in light.
As I breathe in light,
I feel myself
growing lighter and freer.

My breathing is lifting me higher,
filling me with light.
My energy is becoming more beautiful,
balanced,
and harmonious.

I relax my body
simply by thinking of it.
I feel the muscles throughout my body
letting go at a deep level.

As I breathe in light,
I am raising my vibration
and expanding upward
into higher dimensions of light.
As I continue to breathe in light,
my energy is taking on a finer order,
becoming more beautiful and radiant.

My heart center is opening.
I feel balanced and centered.

I know I have a higher purpose,
a reason for my being on earth.
I am ready to live in higher purpose,
and I ask for it to manifest in my life
from moment to moment.

I think now of my higher purpose,
without needing to know what it is.

I imagine holding my higher purpose
as a symbol in my hands.
I look at the beautiful, radiant symbol
of my higher purpose.

I offer my higher purpose to the oneness,
to the All-That-Is, to God,
to send light to my higher purpose.

I turn the symbol
of my higher purpose
into pure light,
like a ball of light
that I hold in my hands.

I take this ball of light,
place it on the top of my head,
and let it move slowly down
through my entire body,
bringing my higher purpose
into my mind,
into my emotions,
and into the cells of my body.

I harmonize
every part of my being
with my higher purpose.

I imagine that I am like a bird,
flying higher and higher,
toward a beautiful and more radiant light.
I am flying in the stream of higher will,
which always leads me upward into the light.
It is the light of evolution.

I open to new insights and awareness
of how to live in higher purpose.
I now have clarity
from moment to moment
and about which actions to take
that bring me closer
to living in higher purpose.

I am now living in the stream of light
of the Higher Will
that draws me upward into the light
with every action I take,
with every thought I think,
and with every word I say.

I reflect now upon
my higher purpose for today.
I now know
and carry out
my higher purpose today.

I am living my higher purpose.

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A Week of Quotes to Ponder

I with my daughter Kate, and my friends Gloria and Jennings will be joining with several hundred people on an Abraham cruise to the Caribbean. I won't be taking my computer and thought that I would share some quotes that inspire me. Perhaps you might wish to ponder them and perhaps knowing that I will be thinking of you and taking you in my heart on my trip. I am excited about adding to my 17,400+ photos, and to my better understanding and surrender into the truth of who we all are.

The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I am a devoutly religious man." - Albert Einstein

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, It is between you and God;
It never was between you and them anyway."
- Mother Theresa

"Love is granting another the space to be the way they are and the way they are not."
- Werner Erhard

"Love is a gift, a miracle, a mystery. You are led to its threshold by your affinities, by your inclinations, and by the yearnings of your heart, although its power and presentation is by grace, not by expectation, demand, or requirement. Love is the ultimate paradox, for it is the lamb that is also the lion. Love is the ultimate power, which resides in surrender." - Love Without End, The Beloved, Glenda Green

"It is as sure that those who hold grievances will suffer guilt, as it is certain that those who forgive will find peace. It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember." - The Disappearance of the Universe, Gary Renard

"Love holds no grievances" - from A Course in Miracles

Your joy factor will remain constant as you are continually refining your ideas of what you want, and that's why it is so important for you to get everybody else out of the equation. They've got their own game going on; they don't understand your game. Give them a break; stop asking them what they think. Start paying attention to how you feel. Joy will be yours immediately, and everything else that you have ever thought would make you happy, will start flowing, seemingly effortlessly, into your experience. - Abraham Excerpted from the workshop in Asheville, NC on Saturday, October 25th, 2003 #316

ENJOY... FORGIVE... ASK... RECEIVE

I Choose Joy

Meditation by Orin and DaBen

I choose the path of joy.
I am now willing to release struggle,
and embrace the path of joy.

I relax my body.
I bring relaxation
into my face, head, and neck.
I adjust my posture
so that energy flows easily through me.

I allow my emotions
to grow quiet and calm.
My mind is now becoming serene.
I am at peace with the world.

As I breathe in, I draw in light.
As I breathe out,
I release any thoughts or feelings
I do not want.

I feel the light of my soul all around me,
embracing me with its love.
I expand into the light of my soul.

My soul sings a song of joy.
I draw my soul's joy into my being.

I draw my soul's joy into the cells of my body.

I draw my soul's joy into my emotions.

I draw my soul's joy into my thoughts.

I sound a note of joy
that reverberates throughout my being.

I think of an area of my life
in which I would like more joy.

As I think of this area of my life
I ask my soul to permeate this area
with its note of joy.

I affirm that I can release anything
in this area of my life
that does not bring me joy.

I ask my soul to assist me
in releasing any thoughts,
emotions,
attitudes,
and behaviors
that do not contribute to
my having a joyful life.

I believe that I can have joy in this
and in every area of my life.
I open to and experience joy now.

I am aware of my inner being
throughout the day.
I connect with my soul often,
and as I do,
I draw in its joy.
Joy becomes the keynote of my life.

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Fasten Your Seat Belt

A quote today from a friend

"Life is so intense in its unfolding! Acceleration feels really quick right now. Good thing I have my seat belt on" (Kate)

Are you too having the experience of a wild ride, out of control, characters and experiences showing up in weird and colorful costumes and attitudes? Have you been asking which character am I? How do I play this game? Where is this all going? Have you or others found yourself saying "get me out of here"? Well...just a reminder that it is all, in a sense, an illusion/dream from which we are being invited to awaken. Try imagining that you have a very secure seat belt that is holding you safely and securely. Might as well surrender, drop the resistance, let go of the oars and trust your ride into the unknown... that which we have been asking for through eons of time.

BE KIND and BE GENTLE to yourself and "others".

TRUST!

Linking With Higher Will

Meditation by Orin and DaBen
I

take a deep breath in
and connect with my inner self.
I let go of all my cares
and focus on expanding
my potential
for evolution and growth
as I link with the Higher Will.

I ask my Higher Self to
show me a symbol
that represents my
highest evolution for this lifetime.
I know that whatever picture
comes into my mind
will be the perfect symbol to energize
at this time.

I observe my symbol and
note what it looks like.
It may be something I recognize,
a scene, an object, animal,
or patterns of light and energy.

I now imagine I am
standing in front of this symbol.
I picture energy coming from
my Higher Self
directly into this symbol.
My symbol is filled with light.

As I observe this symbol,
I hold it up to the Higher Will.
I invite the Higher Will
to come into my symbol,
so that my path is in alignment with
the Higher Will.

I imagine placing this symbol
on top of a mountain.
I connect it to myself with a path
that stretches in front of me
all the way to the top of the mountain
where my symbol is.
This path represents my highest path
in this lifetime.

I observe this path, noticing if
it is a long, winding path,
or a steep, direct one.
I picture a path that is just right for me.

I imagine myself going joyfully
up this path
all the way to the top
of the mountain.
I am balanced and calm.
I do not let anyone or anything
pull me off this path.

I now imagine myself
at the top of the mountain.
I congratulate myself on my
single-minded dedication to
my purpose.

I imagine how I feel as I reach
the top of the mountain,
manifest my highest potential,
and become a source of light to others.

As I stand at the top of the mountain,
I picture my symbol in front of me
radiating light and energy to me,
until every cell within me is
aligned with my spiritual growth
and higher purpose.

I bring my symbol into my heart
and merge with it completely.
Higher Will flows through me
and into my life.
It flows down into my heart center.
I surrender to the divine plan for my life.

I am linked with the Higher Will
and I am in flow with the universe.
I unfold my highest potential
in this lifetime.

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What I See Witnesses To What I Think

"What I see witnesses to what I think. If I did not think I would not exist, because life is thought. Let me look on the world I see as the representation of my own state of mind. I know that my state of mind can change. And so I also know the world I see can change as well."

Lesson 54... I have no neutral thoughts. pg 88 in workbook ACIM

I find this quote exciting as it invites me to observe my "outer/projected" life and realize that it looks exactly as it does because of my thoughts. Yes, there are so many things that are stunningly beautiful, and there remain things that represent my illusionary thoughts of fear, lack, etc.. I personally am grateful for awareness that keeps showing up in symbols, and forms so I can finally let them go by calling on higher guidance.

May we all thrive in love! We are getting closer as we experience more love in our world. Remember...be gentle. If we are not seeing love...ask to see it differently!

Experiencing Your Higher Mind

Meditation by Orin and DaBen

I relax now and adjust my posture
so that more energy and light
can flow through me.
I relax my jaw and the
muscles around my eyes.
I allow a feeling of aliveness
and well-being
to flow through my body.

With each breath in
I am lifting into higher levels of my being.
I invite my higher mind to link with me.

My mind is growing clearer as
I now connect with my higher mind,
receiving its loving,
creative, and enlightened thoughts.
I am open to receive inspiration, revelations,
and new ideas about my life.

I make up a sentence
or an affirmation for myself
using some of these words,
drawing the essence of this soul quality
into my being as I do:

LOVE

CLARITY

WILL

INTENT

LIGHT

ABUNDANCE

SERENITY

ENTHUSIASM

COMMITMENT

EFFORTLESS

PEACE

INSPIRED

SUCCESSFUL

CREATIVE.

I add these qualities to my life
by thinking of them often.
My higher mind is sending me ideas
about how I bring these qualities into my life.

I am filled with inspiration.
I am a creative person.
I have a wealth of ideas
that contribute to
my abundance and light.

My mind is clear, alert, and focused.
My thoughts are positive and loving.
New ideas and solutions
come easily into my mind
that show me new opportunities.

As I go about my day,
I remember to say high, loving,
and positive words
to myself over and over,
knowing as I say them,
that I am bringing their qualities into my life.

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Personal Note

Dear Friends.

I can only share with you the direction in which I am being guided. I currently am not able to put down the book "the disappearance of the universe" by gary r. renard. I have heard that many of you have read it. My time is now. I studied A Course In Miracles for 6-8 hours a day back in the 70's, when it first came out, and then it remained my either constant or frequent companion throughout the years. Somehow Renard's book (disappearance), has me more deeply steeped than ever before, in the Course and its lessons of forgiveness ( which I am seeing as lifting oneself out of the illusion of forgetting who we really are).

Just today I was listening to a current Abraham CD and could see both Abraham and the Course are "taking us back home". As I explore both, I am seeing energetically that both are waking us up to who we truly are. I am soooooooo excited! The ah, ha's and clarities are coming in very fast now. There is a part that is saying....yes....I am finally "getting it", or allowing it... that which has always been here. It is becoming VERY apparent what has been in the way (the blocks to love). It is simple! It is not easy. Hundreds of times during the day I am meeting my beliefs that have imprisoned me. I watch my denial, I watch my projections, I watch my defenses, etc.. I forget...then I remember. I have no peace when I am forgetting. Peace only comes when I am relaxed into a place of surrender, trust and love. Watching what has always been here is very wonderful!

I want only to be guided in what I send out to you. Your path may or may not be in sync with where I am. I honor that. This is to alert you to the direction in which I am moving so you can choose where to put your precious time.

Blessings~~~~~~~~~Cynthia

Ways of the Heart

Becoming Magnetic to Love

Meditation by Orin and DaBen

I rest my body.
I take a few deep,
slow breaths in and out,
allowing myself to relax
at a deep level as I do.

I calm my emotions.
I let peace and serenity
flow through me.
I put down any burdens I have
been carrying that are
not mine to carry.
I grow lighter and freer.

I let my thoughts grow quiet.
As I relax my body,
calm my emotions, and
quiet my mind,
I can more easily sense
the light of my soul.

My soul is with me now.

Light flows from my soul
into my heart center.
I feel my heart center
growing radiant with love.
I let soul love fill my heart center.

I sense the magnetic quality of soul love
that is radiating from my heart center.
Magnetic rings of love are spiraling out
from my heart center,
drawing love to me in all its forms,
aspects, and expressions.

I now draw love
and all good things to myself
by connecting with my soul
and experiencing its love.

I am radiating soul love.
I am magnetic to the beauty and love
within people
and to all good things
that the universe has to offer.

I think of someone I love.
I fill my heart with my soul's magnetic love.
I radiate soul love to this person.
I offer the purest, finest love to the other.
I now draw to me the highest and best
our relationship has to offer.

I know I do not have to work hard for love.
I am lovable just as I am.
I release the need to work hard for love,
and magnetize love instead.

Love flows out from me
to this loved one.
I open to receive
all the love that comes back to me.

Love flows out from me to others.
I receive love from everywhere.
I have an abundance of love in my life.

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Peace An Internal Matter

"I could see peace instead of this"

"Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises"

Love how Abraham talks about "post" manifestation feedback. What we see externally (our perceptions) reflect what we have been focusing on, thinking about, talking about. Another way of saying that is, if we aren't seeing peace "outside" of ourselves, it is because we are focusing on that which is not peaceful. Yes, I know that we want to live in a peaceful world. By watching our judging, and separating thoughts and asking "to see things differently" we can be guided to a more peaceful perception. I know that I need as much support on this as possible. Thank you for choosing a more peaceful mind!

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