In the movie, "What About Bob?" Bob is directed to take baby steps towards the change he wants in his life. Most of the time that's how it is. We take small steps in the right direction, and over time we make noticeable progress. At other times, we find ourselves in a position to take a leap of faith. No baby step, a great big, giant leap - often off a cliff. When the big moments of our life arrive, and we are called upon to make dramatic changes, we grow by leaps and bounds. We take large strides and soar onto the next level.
I've always read a lot of books, fiction and otherwise. Years ago I read a great book that helped Carl and I meet some pretty enthusiastic goals in our life. It was during one of those leap of faith moments that we discovered "Living by the Power of Faith" by Gene R. Cook. The message is powerful, and at the end of each chapter is a worksheet to help you implement the concepts you are learning. We worked through the book together and changed the course of our life dramatically.
Somehow, we got a bit off track. We became comfortable on our plateau and stopped setting new goals. Aiming each day just to hold on to what we had, we rather quickly began to dwindle. The momentum was effectively dead. It took a few years, but reality began to catch up with our attitude, and we ended up pretty close to square one, except now we were older, and less resilient. Since then it has been a series of leaps into the unknown followed by baby steps into the dark.
A few years ago the book, "The Secret" came out. I read it, Carl read it, our friends and family read it. It was a breath of fresh air, a spark of energy, a reminder, and a wake up call. I knew from personal experience that the principles worked. At the core, it is the same message as "Living by the Power of Faith". My quest to know more resumed. I wanted to understand why I could implement and succeed for while, but was unable to sustain the momentum necessary for lasting success. Why did worry, fear, and doubt always return? I began searching for a way to clear the stumbling blocks from my path, so that I could fully embrace a life of faith and trust, rather than falling back into fear and doubt.
Since then I have read and studied the subject from many angles. I have learned a lot and I am grateful to all the authors who wrote those books, sharing their wisdom and knowledge. I made a lot of baby steps while reading all of those books. There is a difference between knowing how to do something, and actually doing it. Sometimes it was as if there were a literal wall in my mind that I just could not get over. I believed, I hoped, I wanted, I visualized, I focused, I set goals, I acted - so why was I stuck?
Eventually my studying lead me to take a 5 week tele-course on energy healing basics. The announcement that I read for the class mentioned the Law of Attraction, and how to clear the blocks that were holding you back from really living it. I saved that email for weeks in my inbox. Something about it spoke to me, and drew me in. I just couldn't delete it. The day before the class was to start, I signed up. Paying that fee felt like a pretty big leap of faith. I knew instinctively that I was getting really close to what I was searching for.
The class was amazing, enlightening, and everything the ad had promised. Included in the handouts for each class was a reading list. Some of which I had already read, and many more that I had not. These reading lists were both a confirmation that I was still on the same path, and a wealth of new ideas. Since then I have continued to study and implement the concepts of energy healing into my life. Many of the invisible boulders in my life have been rolled away, or even blown to pieces.
As my understanding has increased, so has my desire to help others with these methods. Everywhere I look there is needless suffering - colicky babies, depression, addiction, heart disease, cancer, fear, anger, frustration, and pain. The healing methods of energy medicine address all of these and more. How can I keep all of this goodness to myself? I want to share the light I have found with everyone.
Next month I am taking my next giant leap into the void. I will be attending intensive training classes to become a certified practitioner of Calyco Healing. I am so excited to learn even more, especially how to help others with these methods. I have recently started a new blog dedicated to the subject of energy healing. It will become a resource for others, who are searching to understand this subject. Eventually I will post reviews of the best, and worst, books on the subject, as well as links to other resources. There is no reason for everyone to dig through the weeds to find the flowers.
The lights are on, the darkness has fled. It's onward, and upward by leaps and bounds.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Spreading the Word
If Infertility is an issue in your life, please take a moment to read the information below. While infertility is not my particular issue, Carolyn and her methods of healing have helped me in other areas. She is a wonderful, warm and caring person and a fabulous teacher. I took a 5 week tele-course from her about Energy Healing and learned so much! For me, it was time to let go of the energetic clutter, and false beliefs I had been caring around all these years, and really start to live the life God intends for me. I invite you to do the same.
Wendy
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Group Phone Session ~Special F*ree Call!
Evening ~ Thurs. Dec. 10th 7 pm Mtn time
Topic: Infertility
We are approaching the Christmas season, so this year in the spirit of giving, I am offering a special Group Phone Session for no cost. I have felt a strong “spiritual nudge” to do this topic at this time, and to offer it as a free session for anyone that has had trouble conceiving or carrying a full term baby. This is for husbands as well as wives. This isn’t a new topic for me, as I’ve had many pregnancy success stories in my private practice, but this will be the first time I’ve offered it as a Group Session.
Go here to register:
http://www.calycohealing.com/
Although many of my clients got pregnant shortly after 1 energy clearing session, I cannot and will not guarantee you’ll get pregnant, but I can guarantee that if you are open and accept the work, you will clear many false beliefs, negative energy of past wounds or offenses dealing with your struggle in this area, and probably a lot of ancestral energy that is creating blockages. In other words, it will drain the intensity of those painful emotions so that you can move forward with more ease.
I need your help to spread the word about this important call.
If you know of anyone who is struggling with this painful issue and you think they would be open to energy healing, please let them know about this fr*ee call. Several of my clients who came to me for this problem were not necessarily “open” to energy work at the time, they were just so desperate after 2 or 3 rounds of invitro-therapy, that they were willing to give it a try. They are believers now, by the way. If you know someone like that, I would love to be able to help them.
If you have a blog, or know someone who does and would like to mention this call on a blog, together, we may be able to help even more people-yay!
The call won’t cost you anything, but you must go here to register to get the phone number:
http://www.calycohealing.com/
Thanks for your help in spreading the word about this important call!
Calyco Healing
PO Box 910546
St. George, Ut. 84790
1-888-399-flow
Clear Your Mind
Calm Your Body
Claim Your Spirit
www.CalycoHealing.com
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Strive vs. Struggle
A man is struggling to climb a mountain. Each step on the path is steep and rocky. His footing is unsure, sometimes he slides a little sideways, or even backwards, yet he labors onward. The higher he gets, the more ragged his breathing, as each lungful has less and less oxygen. His face is hard with concentration, and grimaced bracing for the pain of the next step, the next breath. Ever onward, ever pushing, ever climbing, ever suffering in the struggle to reach the top. When he arrives his body is spent, feet swollen, muscles aching, head pounding, exhausted, he collapses to the barren ground, gasping for air.
Our journey through life can be a struggle. It can be just like this man climbing the mountain, full of hard effort, set backs, pain, and finally achievement of our goals by the sheer force of our will to succeed. We can set our foot on the rocky path, and steel our hearts for the long, hard journey ahead, knowing it will be difficult and full of adversity. At the end of our days our bodies and souls are broken and spent, full of the scars of our struggle, diseased and in pain collapsing into death, hoping for rest in the next life.
On the other side of that same mountain is a man striving to climb the mountain. He has the same goal - to reach the summit. His path is equally as steep and the journey is long. He has invited his friends along, and they talk as they climb. At the most treacherous peak, he slips on the loose rocks and falls. His friends help him to his feet, placing him back on the safe path. They continue to strive onward, marveling at the beautiful vistas only visible from that altitude. As the air thins, the talking dwindles and the walking slows, but upward they strive. Breathing deeply, relaxing into the effort, letting their bodies set the pace. Going slowly they notice the rocks, before they trip. He is aware of the details of the great beauty all around, the plants the trees, the flowers and the rocks. As the man reaches the summit, he stands arm in arm with his friends, smiling into the warmth of the sun, surrounded by the majesty of all that lies below.
Our journey through life does not have to be a struggle. We can instead choose to strive for success with a smile on our face and loved ones at our side, enjoying the journey. Anticipate the joy and the beauty, rather than the pain and the difficulty. Aim high and strive with all your might to get there. But get there happy, and whole, surrounded by those you love.
"When we strive to become better than we were, everything around us becomes better too."
"When we love we always become better than we are."
Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist"
Our journey through life can be a struggle. It can be just like this man climbing the mountain, full of hard effort, set backs, pain, and finally achievement of our goals by the sheer force of our will to succeed. We can set our foot on the rocky path, and steel our hearts for the long, hard journey ahead, knowing it will be difficult and full of adversity. At the end of our days our bodies and souls are broken and spent, full of the scars of our struggle, diseased and in pain collapsing into death, hoping for rest in the next life.
On the other side of that same mountain is a man striving to climb the mountain. He has the same goal - to reach the summit. His path is equally as steep and the journey is long. He has invited his friends along, and they talk as they climb. At the most treacherous peak, he slips on the loose rocks and falls. His friends help him to his feet, placing him back on the safe path. They continue to strive onward, marveling at the beautiful vistas only visible from that altitude. As the air thins, the talking dwindles and the walking slows, but upward they strive. Breathing deeply, relaxing into the effort, letting their bodies set the pace. Going slowly they notice the rocks, before they trip. He is aware of the details of the great beauty all around, the plants the trees, the flowers and the rocks. As the man reaches the summit, he stands arm in arm with his friends, smiling into the warmth of the sun, surrounded by the majesty of all that lies below.
Our journey through life does not have to be a struggle. We can instead choose to strive for success with a smile on our face and loved ones at our side, enjoying the journey. Anticipate the joy and the beauty, rather than the pain and the difficulty. Aim high and strive with all your might to get there. But get there happy, and whole, surrounded by those you love.
"When we strive to become better than we were, everything around us becomes better too."
"When we love we always become better than we are."
Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Quest
Much of the conversation of life is negative. TV is predominately negative, dramas about murder, news about natural disasters, crime, discussions about politics and the economy. It doesn't matter what your opinion is, or political position, the presentation of the information generally comes from a negative perspective. Even pure entertainment like reality shows focus on conflict, scandal, winners and losers.
TV and other forms of media are within our ability to control. All we have to do is switch the power off, or change the channel. Our daily personal interactions are a different matter.
Tomorrow, pay attention to all of the conversations you have from the moment you wake up to the time you go to sleep. Many of you will find that they are based in a negative thought or belief. Even this blog, in an attempt to stem the tide of negativity, is presenting the issue in a negative manner. I'm just not sure how else to explain it.
Hence the Quest, to change my daily conversations so they are mostly positive and eliminate as much negative as possible from life. Every time a horror story is retold, we give our time and attention to that negative energy. By so doing, we give it power to hurt us again. Sharing our unhappiness does not lift the burden, it spreads it.
Here is my plan:
1. Stop telling horror stories. No more retelling of how bad the accident was, or how rude the clerk was, or how terrible this thing or that was.
2. Listen more and talk less.
3. Do not gossip or listen to gossip.
4. Control my self talk. You know, that voice in your head that talks to you all day long, that tells you you are stupid when you make a mistake, or berates you when you are rushing and running late for not being better organized, the voice that scolds and whines and complains. The first step has been to stop them before they hit my lips. The next step is to stop them before I think them.
If I seem unusually quiet for awhile, now you know why. It may take awhile for me to figure out just what to say with my new set of rules.
Words have power, and the spoken word is incredibly powerful. We create our lives each moment by the words we speak and the words of others that we hear. My intention is to shift the energy of my life and the lives of those around me, into the realm of positive my changing the way I speak to others and to myself. Won't you join me on the Quest?
UPDATE:
10/30/2009
This is harder than I thought .....
Just today, I have retold my own horror story (or more correctly storIES - see the post above), complained (again I refer you to the post above), and berated myself for doing such. At least I haven't gossiped, or at least I think I haven't, and I have honestly tried to be a better listener.
More to come ....
TV and other forms of media are within our ability to control. All we have to do is switch the power off, or change the channel. Our daily personal interactions are a different matter.
Tomorrow, pay attention to all of the conversations you have from the moment you wake up to the time you go to sleep. Many of you will find that they are based in a negative thought or belief. Even this blog, in an attempt to stem the tide of negativity, is presenting the issue in a negative manner. I'm just not sure how else to explain it.
Hence the Quest, to change my daily conversations so they are mostly positive and eliminate as much negative as possible from life. Every time a horror story is retold, we give our time and attention to that negative energy. By so doing, we give it power to hurt us again. Sharing our unhappiness does not lift the burden, it spreads it.
Here is my plan:
1. Stop telling horror stories. No more retelling of how bad the accident was, or how rude the clerk was, or how terrible this thing or that was.
2. Listen more and talk less.
3. Do not gossip or listen to gossip.
4. Control my self talk. You know, that voice in your head that talks to you all day long, that tells you you are stupid when you make a mistake, or berates you when you are rushing and running late for not being better organized, the voice that scolds and whines and complains. The first step has been to stop them before they hit my lips. The next step is to stop them before I think them.
If I seem unusually quiet for awhile, now you know why. It may take awhile for me to figure out just what to say with my new set of rules.
Words have power, and the spoken word is incredibly powerful. We create our lives each moment by the words we speak and the words of others that we hear. My intention is to shift the energy of my life and the lives of those around me, into the realm of positive my changing the way I speak to others and to myself. Won't you join me on the Quest?
UPDATE:
10/30/2009
This is harder than I thought .....
Just today, I have retold my own horror story (or more correctly storIES - see the post above), complained (again I refer you to the post above), and berated myself for doing such. At least I haven't gossiped, or at least I think I haven't, and I have honestly tried to be a better listener.
More to come ....
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