| I stumbled into a Christian Station on the radio | | | | think, feel and behave negatively, you lower the |
| and something struck me: that in most organized | | | | attraction of negative circumstances. |
| religions the emphasis is on having faith in God but | | | | Many religions encourage us to pray to God for |
| I hear very little about having faith in the tools or | | | | help, "Oh please, God, help me, I am lost." There |
| gifts God gives us! First, let me say something | | | | is nothing wrong with that. But what I suggest is |
| about my use of the word "God". This is just how | | | | first try and use the gift God gave you:choice. |
| I refer to my higher power, that and the word, | | | | Try and see that you can choose not to pay |
| "Grandfather" which comes from my work with | | | | attention to "thoughts of feeling so lost". Make |
| the Holy Men. So please substitute whatever | | | | sense, brothers and sisters? Those thoughts are |
| definition you are comfortable with. | | | | coming out of low moods and are truly are not |
| God has given us some incredible gifts to walk | | | | real. Neal Donald Walsh in his final book of the |
| this earth with. Let's start making use of them! | | | | series, Home with God, talks a great deal about |
| Number one on the list is the "gift of choice"; a | | | | "choice". I encourage you to read it. |
| theme that comes up in many retreats here in | | | | God gave you the "gift of wisdom". It's your |
| Sedona. This last two years, I have come to see | | | | birthright. Wisdom can be called many different |
| in a deeper way how truly awesome this gift of | | | | things: common sense, instinct, spiritual intelligence, |
| choice is. It totally controls our reality. | | | | gut feeling, etc. We have all experienced these |
| Many clients want to know how to control their | | | | feelings at one time in our life. But how many of |
| thinking; their life is dominated by too much | | | | us make use of this gift? I talk to many clients |
| thinking. I don't want to try and teach any client | | | | about the idea of "experimenting equals validation". |
| how to control their thinking but encourage them | | | | I encourage them to turn decisions-making |
| to see they can "choose" which thoughts to give | | | | moments into opportunities to experiment with |
| life too! Big difference! | | | | their wisdom. Instead of processing that decision |
| Take a moment and consider that. God or | | | | through their personal mind, give their wisdom a |
| whoever your Creator is gave you the enormous | | | | chance to offer an insight about it. And when that |
| gift of being able to choose which thoughts to | | | | insight comes, and it will, you will have validation. |
| give energy too. If you have a negative thought | | | | Faith in a Higher Power is powerful as long as it |
| you can just ignore it! The divine trinity is: thought, | | | | doesn't turn us away from the gifts that Higher |
| feeling, behavior. So if you choose not to give life | | | | Power gave us. I have sense I am going to write |
| to bad thoughts, you won't have bad feelings and | | | | more about this idea. I will just let my wisdom |
| thus not behave in negative ways. And then the | | | | guide me! |
| fourth piece comes into play:vibration. If you don't | | | | |