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Picture Incremental Improvement

Posted on Jun 15th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
Cynthia Sue LarsonCarol Skylark of Light Torch Productions and Cynthia Sue Larson

"Artists are magical helpers. Evoking symbols and motifs that connect us to our deeper selves, they can help us along the heroic journey of our own lives."
- Joseph Campbell


Have you ever noticed how much more empowering it feels when you are aiming for goals that are not too big a stretch from where you currently are, compared to having a feeling that you are biting off more than you can chew? There is something very satisfying in seeing gradual improvement, especially when gaining confidence at mastering something we can see ourselves succeeding at doing. I love to consider the question "How good can it get?" to consciously become aware of what kind of future we can believe might be a possible future for ourselves in order to set goals and move forward to a future we believe is within reach. I feel most prosperous on days when I start the day with a meditation to envision just how beautifully well this day might go. This meditation allows me to move from feeling the energy of a 'just OK' day into a more positively energized day. In this way, each day becomes an incremental step onward and upward... a tiny positive adjustment.

Cynthia Sue Larson Earth Healing HandsWatercolor painting by Cynthia Sue Larson of hands around the Earth
This incremental approach is one which sometimes leads people to feel they're making slow progress, yet slow progress can sometimes be more effective than attempts to make giant leaps, as recent research on the topic of why positive messages hurt people with low self-esteem now indicates. While some people strive to state the highest possible intentions for themselves, they seldom consider the jarring effect that can occur when a person's stated intentions are terribly different from their statement of reality. Joanne Wood from the University of Waterloo found that people with low self-esteem who repeated "I'm a lovable person" to themselves felt worse than people who did neither. These researchers found that statements that contradict what people believe about their self-image are more likely to be met with resistance than acceptance, leaving people feeling even more unlovable than ever. While this finding might seem disappointing for Law of Attraction students everywhere, I find it tremendously informative and helpful.

Carol Skylark Earth Hands pendantPendant by Carol Skylark
Keeping the concept of incremental improvements in mind, we can bring about improvement in our lives through positive affirmations by listening to our gut feelings, our hearts, and our heads... and communicating back and forth from the highest ideals to where we truly feel ourselves to be right here, right now. We can note what we truly consider to be a believable outcome for our given situation. Sometimes, we may find what we feel inspired to do from our pure gut feelings makes no immediate sense... but following our gut feelings and heart connections can provide us with wonderful rewards far surpassing anything we might even imagine for ourselves.

Carol Skylark & Cynthia Sue LarsonCarol Skylark and Cynthia Sue Larson with healing hands around the Earth
At a Sacramento holistic expo last month, I was delighted to notice that I was situated next to a woman I wanted to meet, Kathleen Robertson from southern California. What a marvelous synchronicity to find myself adjacent to the very woman whose photo had felt so appealing to me! Emerging from a happy state of reverent reverie, I began my morning by painting a watercolor image of two hands holding the Earth. This was the first time I had felt inspired to paint my hands, holding the planet, and I wondered why this might be. I left that thought for later as I became busy with people who came to see me seeking intuitive readings and life coaching. At the end of the day, I was delighted to talk with the woman in the booth to my left, aura portrait artist, Carol Skylark. I was stunned to see her wearing a necklace which was made of a stone framed by two colorful hands -- somewhat similar to what I had painted at the beginning of the day. Carol's name instantly seemed quite familiar to me, and as I leafed through the pages of my book, Aura Advantage, I slowed down when I reached the section of Aura Advantage where Carol Skylark is one of the two aura portrait artists I mention by name! I also showed Carol the watercolor I'd painted that morning of my hands holding the Earth, and she was stunned... telling me that she had recently painted a similar portrait back home in Colorado for one of her aura portrait clients, who had been holding a crystal orb in her hands and envisioning healing the Earth. Carol and I gazed at each other in awe as we recognized a connection far more amazing than either of us imagined experiencing with someone we just met.
    Meditation: Knowing now that you can make incremental improvements in your life, allow your mind to wander and contemplate something wonderfully enjoyable you can imagine in your life that does not seem all that far from reach. Close your eyes and picture yourself feeling a bit happier, healthier, and more prosperous with this incremental improvement. Relax and enjoy this daydream, knowing it very well may soon come true!
Wishing you may discover just how good your life can be and has been,
Cynthia Sue Larson
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Awaken Enthusiasm

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

My favorite days are the ones when I am full of enthusiasm and confidence that no matter what is unfolding, everything is going to be fine. The challenge for most of us is to get and stay enthused even when events seem to conspire to interfere with our plans. How can we feel consistently positive and enthusiastic when facing people, places and things that energetically bring us down?

The key to awakening and revitalizing enthusiasm is to reacquaint ourselves with our values, identity, and sense of purpose. Having faith in meaningfully helping others can give us confidence and a broader view of the world around us. We have much to gain by understanding that our brains sometimes recall information inaccurately, and that we are interpreting events based on our own (possibly misguided) memories of past events. Noting that we might just as easily focus our attention on what is going well and what we are enthusiastic about, rather than on the wet blankets and nay-sayers in our midst, it is then possible to choose to be happy, no matter what.

Recent studies by neurological scientists report that our grip on reality is slim, and that more than 20% of the time, people think they have imagined words they have actually been shown, or reported that they had seen words which in fact they had just imagined. These findings by Dr. Paul Burgess and his colleagues at the University College of London demonstrate just how difficult it can be to discriminate information from the outside world with our internal, malleable memory maps. While as the authors suggest, we can sometimes encounter the dark shadow side of this blurring between imagination and actual memories that can lead to mistaken eyewitness identification and false testimony, this kind of inner uncertainty also provides us with a tremendous gift: a mental mechanism similar to the clutch on our car which allows us to switch gears, so we might more easily move from one reality to another.

The marvelous ability we humans have to maintain an element of uncertainty is what I consider to be one of the primary factors enabling us to have miraculous shifts in reality where money, food, gas, and other necessary items appear seemingly out of the blue exactly when needed. Just as the nature of how something is observed will influence how quanta "choose" whether to behave as particles or energy waves, so too does the way we humans review evidence of past experiences as either absolutes or probabilities influence our ability to fluidly shift between various realities. The advantage of having supple minds is that we can more readily experience phenomenal synchronicities, coincidences, miracles, and enjoyable reality shifts in which we continually find out how good our lives can get, as we literally step from one universe into another. The challenge each of us faces is then primarily one of envisioning future worlds we would love to experience.

I am honored and delighted this month to recommend a marvelous new book, Mind Programming, by Eldon Taylor that illustrates how easily hypnotized most of us can be and provides readers with tools for recognizing ways we are vulnerable, as well as ways we can overcome these vulnerabilities and regain mastery of our minds. Rather than mindlessly continuing to live conflicted, dissatisfied lives, we can instead take a look at the subconscious mental messages we've accumulated, and change them in order to profoundly improve our lives.

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can be,
Cynthia Sue Larson
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Appreciate Nature Spirits

Posted on Apr 5th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Spring time in California is a time when I appreciate the amazing natural beauty of flowers and fresh green leaves shooting up everywhere. More than any other season, Spring reminds me of the presence of nature spirits of the flowers, trees, bushes and grasses, and the energies of the garden deva spirits looking after them.

When I was five years old, I enjoyed spending lazy days outside in the garden with my mother, an avid gardener. My mother pulled weeds and pruned branches as I scrutinized individual blades of grass, delightedly shouting, "BUG!" every time I found an insect. I was overjoyed to find ladybugs, walking sticks, praying mantis, ants, beetles, and honey bees in the garden, and ever so enchanted with the unique and highly individual energies and personalities of each. I loved to feel the firm grip of a walking stick's tiny legs as it held on fast to my finger, doing its best to blend in, and the soft flutter of a butterfly's wings against my hand as I held my breath and watched it rest for a moment before it flew away.

My grandmother also loved to tend her garden, and when I visited with her amongst the flowers, she would often tell me stories about fairies who loved her garden as much as she did. These graceful beings helped bring order to the garden, sometimes flitting about with the ladybugs and butterflies, and other times helping care for the poppies, baby carrots, and zinnias.

As I tend my garden this Spring, I invite the fairies and garden spirits to help new flowers take root and grow strong. I invite their assistance to help transplanted flowers and trees feel welcome and loved. I am grateful for their assistance in helping the entire garden hum together in a state of joyful harmony. When the sun first comes up on a dewy morning, I love to look out my window and see a beautiful garden beloved by insects, birds, flowers, grasses, bushes, trees, fairies... and me!

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can be,
Cynthia Sue Larson
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History, Mystery, Gift

Posted on Mar 20th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"The past is a gift,
the future is history, and 
this moment is a mystery."


I recently heard the saying, "The past is history, the future is a mystery, and today is a gift, which is why it is called the present." I noticed that while this seems true from a very ordinary perspective of reality, those of us who experience reality shifts might observe something rather different.

First, we can notice how the past is a GIFT. No matter what may have transpired so far in our lives, we will feel most confident and enthusiastic by recognizing the many blessings we have received from the entirety of our past. When we find ways we have grown and benefited from all the challenges and difficulties in our lives as well as the happy-go-lucky experiences, we can see that all experiences offer unique benefits when viewed from a grateful point of view. The resulting improvement in our own personal energy, or Qi, is simply phenomenal as we contemplate our good fortune. Rather than blaming people, situations, or events for what has seemed to have gone wrong, we can be grateful we have survived and learned something valuable along the way.

Secondly, we can see how today is a MYSTERY. This moment, right here, right now, is a moment of all-inclusive, infinite possibilites. With so many options to choose from, we can more easily switch gears from old habitual ways of thinking and acting to something fresh and new. Regardless of whatever we think we may know, we can best effect change in the world with an attitude of beginner's mind, in which anything is possible. Many of the world's greatest inventions have benefited from their inventors being completely unaware that some people considered their creations to be impossible. A state of open-mindedness provides us with the ability to switch gears and realities to those which are much more congruous with our true interests and desires... as we develop entirely new mental models and ways of thinking. 

Third, we can note that our future can be viewed as HISTORY. We often observe we get the best manifestation results when we do what star athletes do time and time again, by holding a clear and consistent vision (memory) of success in our endeavors. It also helps to note that we can reverse negative self talkwherever necessary, in order to ensure better visualization of what we truly desire. This visualization technique is so very popular for the very simple reason that it works. This method can be viewed as making a solid intentional connection to a desired "future memory" outcome that is particularly robust and stable precisely because our mind views this vision as something predestined... of something we are completely confident will happen next.

For those who find these concepts fairly easy to comprehend, there is something "extra for experts," and that is the matter of taking the above concepts and utilizing them for both forward and backward causation. Bi-causality works using the basic principle of this present moment always being the MYSTERY, and the past and future switching between being the GIFT and HISTORY. Whichever direction in time we may be working, we first start with the gratitude and thankfulness for the GIFT, and whichever direction in time we are shifting, we remember the HISTORY we are targeting. In the case of forward causation, the future is what we hold in our mind's eye as a memory, as being very much a "done deal," such as a parking spot we remember getting in advance of our actually finding it. This "memory" from the future is powered by our feeling at joyful, grateful peace with all of the past. In the case of reverse causation, the past we are shifting is what we remember as we recreate history with the energetic support of a grateful future. The key to success in all of this is our ability to clear out all doubts and fears, replacing those emotions with love, joy, purposefulness, enthusiasm and confidence. 

Putting this new concept together, we have a veritable recipe for high-powered manifestation success. Envision your favorite outcome as a fait acompli... a done deal... a memory. Keep an open mind to all possibility that exists right here, right now. Be grateful for everyone and everything from your past. The world is now your oyster!

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can be and has been,

 

Cynthia Sue Larson

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Recreate History: Do We Constantly Choose & Change the Past?

Posted on Feb 19th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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Recreate History
Are We Constantly Choosing and Changing the Past?


"History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten."
-- George Santayana


The recent popularity of retrocausality in physics has inspired me to contemplate how manytypes of reality shifts might actually be the result of consciousness at one point in time influencing the past. Physicists Stephen Hawking and Thomas Hertog propose that we take a top-down view of the beginning of the universe, with the idea that the present selects the past, while physicist John Cramer moves ever closer to conducting his experiment in sending photons of light back to the past. Physical changes could be going on all the time around us, yet we would mostly not notice that occasionally some things appear, disappear, transform and transport. In fact, everything would likely seem perfectly normal and completely unsurprising most of the time, since we would be accustomed to routinely walking into other worlds based on both prior and future expectations.

The significantly novel part of this idea is that in any given moment, each and every one of us influences the past. If history is written by "the victors," as some assert, then how we see and describe ourselves plays a pivotal role in our previous evolution. When we know ourselves to be winners, we jump to a reality probability space-timeline where we have indeed been winners. We continuously match our current real-time view of ourselves with events from the past that feel most correct for us from a vast range of possible pasts.

In this fashion, some people become spontaneously healed from miserable conditions, such as when my grandmother's liver cancer vanished. This switching between reality space-timelines requires that we absolutely let go of our current reality in order to make a smooth transition from one reality to another as we move from a reality we are willing to let go of to a reality we now choose to be connected with. This transition might occur in much the same way as we engage the clutch on our car when shifting with a stick-shift to disengage from one gear and engage the next. The switch from one reality time-space continuum to another would then feel quite seamless, with most aspects of our lives looking and feeling exactly the same as before we jumped from one reality to another.

I got to thinking about the business of retrocausal reality shifting this past weekend, when my car refused to start. The starter had shown signs of becoming weaker for several days, and finally it reached the point where turning the key in the ignition resulted in a pitiful small clicking noise... but nothing further. I tried more than ten times to elicit something more than no sounds whatsoever... and was rewarded with complete and absolute silence when I turned the ignition key... not even one small "click." It was becoming obvious that no amount of turning the key was going to work, and it might be time to consider calling for a tow truck. Recalling childhood days when I would often send my family car lots of loving energy on many occasions when it did not start up immediately, I sent my car some loving energy, and imagined that the starter was working just fine... and that because it had started (was about to start), I had been able to (was about to be able to) run the rest of my errands and return safely home. I was feeling a sense of both urgency and necessity, as it was raining and I needed the car to start so I could get my daughter where she needed to go. With a fresh future memory of having just heard the sound of the car starting, I turned the key to hear the engine almost turn over. I turned the ignition key off once more, sent lots more positive energy and imagined even more clearly that I had heard the car start strong and clear like a new starter, and turned they key again to hear the most beautiful sound of the engine roaring to life! This was especially surprising because never before had that starter started so quietly, instantly, or with such silent disengagement... having always in the past been slow and noisy. The retrocausality perspective on this incident is that in sending positive energy to the car, I was essentially connecting with a fully functioning starter... going back in time to select a different reality path... one in which the starter on my car still worked. 

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can get through all time and space,
Cynthia Sue Larson
email Cynthia at cynthia@realityshifters.com 
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Finding Hope

Posted on Jan 5th, 2009 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia

 



"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope."
-- Samuel Johnson


Anyone watching the news these days might get an impression that the future we seem headed toward is not quite one we had most been hoping for. Regardless what news is being reported, and what hopes may seem to be dashed, there is always a silver lining in every seemingly dark cloud. If you ever find yourself losing hope in dreams from the past, there are tried-and-true ways you can find your way to a wonderful future, full of love, joy, and fulfillment. The key to finding this happy future lies in keeping hope alive. Hope is more specific than optimism, that generalized expectancy of good things coming our way. Hope is founded on goals that genuinely matter to us, as well as how we plan to achieve those goals. 

When I think of hope, I get a mental image of Tarzan swinging from vine to vine, effortlessly finding a new vine as he swings through the jungle. Each new hope carries us forward in a direction somewhat close to what we envision our optimal end point to be, and we can grab onto new hopes along the way. Even if our ultimate desired goal may seem impossible or distant, we can rely upon hope and our awareness of our personal goals to assist us in finding the next goal... the next hope... to move onward and upward. Hopes become conscious when we visualize and/or verbalize what we desire. We may look back through time to see how we have set and achieved a wide variety of goals despite various challenges throughout our lives. Simply stating what our goals are, and then relaxing into an energized, expansive state of consciousness is enough to bring us to a place of receptivity where we can find the next hope... the next goal.

Barack Obama's successful campaign founded on the quality of hope provides recent validation of the human need to find and foster hope in troubled times. Psychologists point out in books such as Handbook of Hope how the loss of hope is associated with specific clinical disorders, and how the practice of hope therapy can positively transform peoples' lives. Hope therapy researchers such as professors Jennifer Cheavens and Laura Dreer present studies that show how Hope Therapy Fights Depression, as they point out that, "Hope therapy seeks to build on strengths people have, or teach them how to develop those strengths. We focus not on what is wrong, but on ways to help people live up to their potential." 

You can practice some hope therapy right now, to improve your sense of well-being and positive focus on your dreams. Start by thinking back to your past and remembering a time when you fulfilled your goals. Think of a time when you overcame challenges that arose in your path. Think of a time when you experienced personal success. Think of what you are really and truly grateful for in your life right now, and how much of what you are so grateful for came about as a direct result of your hopes, goals, and desires. Take a few minutes to write down these chapters from the book of your life. Take another few minutes to read what you just wrote. This narrative provides you with a marvelous tool for getting a fresh perspective on your current situation, which might have seemed difficult or even impossible, but which now presents you with many possible options for moving forward, depending on what, exactly, you are currently hoping for.

Are you interested in some light-hearted, yet powerful tips on how to go for your dreams? Hay House author, Peggy McColl has just the book for you... her delightful book, Be A Dog With A Bone: Always Go for Your Dreams, that can inspire you to "stop chasing your tail," "bark for what you want," and "be a little dog with a big dog attitude." Your book purchase this week gives you a chance to win one of sixteen fabulous prizes, including a weekend trip to Tampa, Florida... and a one hour coaching session with me!

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can get,
Cynthia Sue Larson

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Keep Cheerful Company

Posted on Dec 14th, 2008 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"Today, give a stranger one of your smiles.
It might be the only sunshine he sees all day."
-- from "P.S. I Love You," compiled by H. Jackson Browne Jr.


I was smiling to myself while walking down the street as I left my exercise class the other week, when a passerby stopped and spun around after having just walked by, commenting, "Wow.... I love your smile. You just lit up my whole day!" I did a double-take and looked her up and down, wondering why a woman I did not even know would say such a thing to me... surprised that one smile could have such a positive effect on a complete stranger. I might have discounted this experience completely, had I not just read a fascinating report that asserted strangers may cheer you up. What this amazing synchronicity brought to my attention is that this research appears to be absolutely true -- as evidenced by the way I brightened a stranger's day without even trying. 

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This study reminds me of a similar yet somewhat opposite experience from my past, when I saw my mood negatively affect strangers. Many years ago when I was a young UC Berkeley college student riding on a bus with people who worked where I worked at the Space Sciences Laboratory, I was annoyed to see an arrogant young man in obvious high spirits bragging happily about something on the bus to people who were enthralled by everything he said. Without speaking a single word, I was amazed to see how quickly my dark mood spread from my seat at the back of the bus all the way to the front, dampening the spirits of every passenger -- including the boastful man -- as the overall mood on the bus switched from buoyant to somber for the rest of our journey together. 

I love to learn from life experiences such as these, backed up by recent research such as the ones shared here in this ezine that suggests we make our own breaks when we open our minds to new possibilities, savor the joys of our cups being half-full, and expect to find out how good things can get. Do these qualities sound familiar to you? They are precisely the same characteristics recommended for realityshifters who wish to see reality shifting more often in their lives. They also are descriptive of someone who is generally a more hopeful type of person, and another recent study gives us the excellent news this month that learning to be hopeful can help combat depression. These clear personal examples of how powerful my moods are on influencing the feelings of those around me gives me a clear sense of practical ways I can keep my own spirits buoyant and bright... by keeping... and being... cheerful company.

With the holiday season coming into full swing, this month presents us with a delightful opportunity to find new ways to be of good cheer and brighten the lives of everyone around us.

 

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can get,

Cynthia Sue Larson

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Find Your Inner Paradise

Posted on Nov 17th, 2008 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"By the practice of meditation,
You will find that you are carrying
within your heart a portable paradise."
~ Paramahansa Yogananda


Whenever I feel concerned about circumstances I have no direct control over, I make sure I do some things to relieve stress. This month I am excited to share recent scientific research with you that indicates that some of the things I do to relieve stress in my life have also been proven effective at helping peoples' brains to improve and grow. Recent brain research suggests the brain is capable of rewiring and regrowing itself all through our adult lives -- with exercise, meditation, and learning new things being three things I do which are part of seven scientifically proven ways to stimulate brain cell growth.

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Those who assume that regular meditation and exercise just maintain a kind of status quo might be astonished to learn how such practices assist us in literally rewiring and regrowing our brains... and our lives. Exercise, meditation, and learning new things help ensure my ability to stay mentally sharp by helping build and expand neurons and neuron connections, while at the same time dramatically reducing negative impacts of stress. I like to combine all three of these life-enhancers by taking daily walks in nature while reviewing material I am learning. This gives me some time each day to experience a personal paradise of feeling mentally, emotionally, and physically on top of my game... relaxing as I help keep myself feeling my best.

The relatively new concepts of neuroplasticity and neurogenesis continue to expand our concept of what is and isn't possible, as scientists study of one man's miraculous recovery from massive brain injuries when he was thrown from a truck in 1984 that resulted in his spending 19 years in a coma. Terry Wallis astonished his doctors and family when he awakened from his coma, and started to speak... and then proceeded to regain his other mental faculties. Wallis's badly damaged brain was observed to have, "very gradually, developed new pathways and completely novel anatomical structures to reestablish functional connections, compensating for the brain pathways lost in the accident." What was most surprising to scientists studying Wallis's brain was that new neural circuitry had grown across the back of his brain in such a way that does not exist in normal brains, but that reconnected the two sides of Wallis's brain.

If you would like to enjoy mental sharpness and acuity well into your golden years with the ability to continue feeling enthusiastic and passionately interested in life, now is an excellent time to make a personal commitment to yourself to start exercising, meditating, and learning something new. If this notion alarms you because it seems like too big a change, consider the wise words of Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu,

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

You can start today by thinking of an exercise you would like to be able to do 100 repetitions of every day... and start by doing just one today. You can start with just one sit-up or one push-up today, and each day for the next several months, add one more sit-up and/or push-up, as you incrementally improve your strength, flexibility, and speed. I have been doing this with burpees for 69 days now, each day envisioning that I am on my way to 100, and gaining strength each day as I get closer to this goal. I am now able to do far more of these vigorous exercises in a stretch than I would have ever thought possible. 

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can get,
Cynthia Sue Larson
http://www.realityshifters.com 
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Shine Your Light in Dark Times

Posted on Oct 9th, 2008 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within."

~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

 

One of the things I enjoyed most while attending the Chihuly exhibit this month in San Francisco was seeing the glass art sculptures glowing brightly with brilliant colors, as if hidden lights were tucked inside each one. The genius of these art sculptures relied upon the breathtaking contrast between light and dark, so their true splendor came through most clearly when fully lit and placed in contrast with dark surroundings. I looked up at the ceiling to see well-placed spotlights shining down through the gorgeous sculptures -- and I peered inside the sculptures to satisfy my curiosity that they indeed had no hidden lights placed inside. Some art pieces shone so brightly that they illuminated the entire room with their beautiful multi-colored glow, and others smoldered quietly with gentle warmth. In all cases, these sculptures reminded me that just as the stars in the sky provide us with points of reference in what could otherwise be complete darkness, we, too have the ability to shine for ourselves and others.

 

The light we shine is something that comes through us quite naturally, sometimes giving others around us a feeling of being uplifted, at the same time as we are uplifted as well. Scientific studies mentioned in the book, Aura Advantage describe how this light we emit is quantifiable, and can be measured, and we can verify through such studies that happier people literally do "light up a room" much more than those who are not feeling so joyfully radiant. In so-called dark times, when people are feeling more stressed than usual, we can benefit from realizing that the amount of light we welcome into our lives can make a tremendous positive difference in our ability to consider more options and possibilities, while staying relaxed, focused, and aware.

 

Knowing that we humans have a lot to do with how much light shines down and through us gives us the ability to "take back the night," and reclaim a sense of confidence in all places, times and situations we may face. You can increase the amount of light in your world right now, by doing a very simple meditation:

 

Imagine that every photon and ray of light that you can see and that you can imagine in your immediate vicinity is now joining with you and shining through you.

 

Breathe deeply, inhaling this divine luminosity into the essential core of your own radiant being.

 

Exhale, and notice how you are becoming increasingly more radiant, happy, and light.

 

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can get,

Cynthia Sue Larson

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Taking the Journey Within

Posted on Sep 17th, 2008 by Cynthia : realityshifter Cynthia
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"The only journey is the one within"

-- Rainer Maria Rilke

 

The saying "Wherever you go, there you are," has been very much on my mind this past week, after attending my 30th high school reunion. Even though some people had weathered tremendous emotional, financial, physical and spiritual hardships over the years, they maintained such a positive view of life and what is possible that they are an inspiration to everyone who meets and knows them. Somewhere along the way, these people have figured out that the outer situations in their lives could and would only ever improve when they improved themselves on the inside, and their positive results spoke for themselves. The attitude of gratefulness and commitment to strive toward challenging goals gives these people an inner beauty of tremendous radiance. Just looking at them, it became clear to me that surely the greatest way to stay young at heart and in body is by making the most of what we are and what we have, regardless what challenges we encounter along the way.

 

How positive are you when dealing with life's slings and arrows? To find out, you can listen to yourself and what you say to yourself when you encounter challenges, noting whether you take risks and face your fears, or not. The amazing thing about our fears is that they reside within us, not outside of us. This means that the time, energy and effort we invest in facing and releasing our inner fears is unquestionably the best investment we can possibly make. As world-renowned psychologist and father of self-actualization Abraham Maslow puts it:

 

     "Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear

     and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth).

     Make the growth choice a dozen times a day."

 

Every great success story I have ever heard or seen has at its core a heroic individual who not only faces their fears head-on, but also recognizes that even when the path forward is unclear and victory uncertain, that doesn't really matter... because every experience brings new knowledge and information, and every situation is an opportunity to grow. This is the spirit of a winner: a man or woman who focuses on what they have learned that they did not know before, and what they are now able to say and do and be that they could not say and do and be before.

 

Trusting that what you need is now coming to you is the essential quality within you that allows you to face whatever next comes your way. No matter what happens next, you can learn and grow from each experience. As you learn to relax and release your fears, and focus on what you most love, admire and appreciate in yourself and your world, life can become more and more beautiful and enjoyable.

 

Wishing you may discover just how good your life can get,

Cynthia Sue Larson

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