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Posted by Marina Grgic on 27 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
To save or not to save the falling baby bird? This is a beautiful video created by Michael Neill’s Genius Catalyst team based on one of his most popular tips originally written in 2003. Enjoy!
Could not embed the video unfortunately, but here is the link:
Posted by Marina Grgic on 19 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
Children Learn What They Live
If a child lives with criticism, she learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, she learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilt.
If a child lives with tolerance, she learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise, she learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, she learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he or she learns to find love in the world.
by Dorothy Law Knolte
Posted by Marina Grgic on 09 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
Mary Robinson Reynolds creates uplifting videos; I just watched the one about the “Who I Am Makes A Difference” project. It reminded me of the “Send it Forward” movie; by acknowledging one person we have an impact on all the others who cross their path. It really is vital to tell the people in our lives how important they truly are or have been to us. Click here to watch the video.
Not to be just a mere “reporter” of an inspiring project, I am chalanging all of us to send at leas 2 mails of appreciation to someone, from now until Xmas, to let them know how they have touched this little life of mine. Instead of blue ribbons we could send emails requiring some soul searching and expressing gratitude, which is not by default the easiest thing to do.
Is it so difficult sometimes to express gratitude, love and acknowledgments because it puts us in a vulnerable place where we might fear rejection? Or might it be that we don’t know how to deal with the other person’s inability to cope with kind and heartfelt words.? Is there some other reason we don’t do it more often?
Posted by Marina Grgic on 06 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
Watch this amazing video, it will open your heart. I would recommend even watching it several times a day.
Enjoy!
Posted by Marina Grgic on 27 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
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Posted by Marina Grgic on 23 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life, I recommend, New in science
While I was listening yesterday to Jennifer McLean’s Healing With The Masters and her special guest Stephen Lewis on self-healing with the spiritual technology of the AIM Program I remembered that I came across his name about 2 years ago in Wayne Dyer’s program”There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem”. I did check it out on the Internet then, as I do almost always when something catches my attention, but “sans plus”. I probably was not ready for it.
Now that it is surfacing again in my world I feel quite excited. If our glitches and stuff holding us down can be released by being exposed to programmed frequencies, how revolutionary and how great is that!!! Although I have obviously not tried it yet, but do intend to “get on the tray” as soon as possible, I feel in my gut that this could be the answer to humanity’s eternal search for healing and general well being.
There is so much false promise of a better, more abundant, happier life out there, available to us for a bunch of dollars; but most of it feels phony right from the start. This one feels like a real thing to me.
And although my European mind got irritated and confused by all the legal jargon in the application my intention to get on that tray is still strong.
N.B. The AIM is generously providing free participation in the program for children with Autism and Down Syndrome.
Stephen Lewis seems to be an authentic guy with a great sense of humor; two qualities I admire deeply.That’s why I am bringing here his article on healing.
As for Jennifer McLean I feel her as a great healer and a natural interviewer who knows how to listen to her guests, ask pertinent questions without having the little white dog of her ego interfering. Her program Healing With The Masters is going on for 2 more weeks, so don’t miss it.
What Is This Thing Called Healing
By Stephen Lewis
I keep avoiding every request to write an article on, “Just What Is This Thing Called Healing”. The problem is, it’s too big. Healing is inextricably bound to spirituality and both are inseparable from consciousness. The problem with consciousness is I don’t know where it begins and there is no end. Just as there’s always more and greater consciousness, ultimately, there is always more and greater healing until, at last, one heals the rift of his separation from the universe… and from his creator, and even then we must heal our collective separation from our universe. But, that’s for later, for now, we best begin at the ridiculous and work our way up toward the sublime.
First of all, if you have a shaving cut you will not need to go on disability, and should not quit your day job. The consciousness required to heal it is of the most primitive type, e.g. the limbic system. (Remember the classic neurology joke. The limbic system is in charge of the 4 F’s: Fight, Flight, Feeding, and Reproduction).
Leaving limbic man behind, let’s consider healing the “bigger stuff”, like cancer, brain damage… any of the heavyweights. Now, it’s absolutely true, that we heal with consciousness, but one does not have to be more conscious to heal an untreatable disease or to repair irreparable damage. In fact, one may be totally self-involved (which is diametrically opposed to conscious), and yet routinely perform apparent “miracles” of healing. Healing ones body is not necessarily a function of higher consciousness, but rather, a function of more focused consciousness.
In simple terms, if you focus on healing something, you will probably do it. This, at its most basic level is a function of the AIM Program of Energetic Balancing. You are compelled to focus on healing each and every imbalance (If it’s in our database), 24/7… Until you have healed them. Again, that is healing ones body. In fact, there is almost no choice offered you, because healing ones body is survival and survival as we know is a very basic instinct. It is part of a package you should have gotten at no extra cost when you came here.
All that being said (or written) we do have a choice to make and we are, ultimately, the result of the power of our intention.
Here is the way it works. There is nothing random or accidental in the universe… or in its inhabitants. If you are born with the propensity for cancer, heart disease, etc (hereditary, ancestral, past life, karmic… ?) and even if your propensity becomes an active reality at the level of you that is truly eternal your propensity your disease is not causal, but is a symptom of a deep, deeper, deepest problem. It is a symptom of a fundamental disease of your soul, and that disease of your soul can not be healed by you without increasing your consciousness.
I believe that to the extent that your (our) consciousness is not total and quantum, there is a fragmentation, a disharmony between your soul and the composite soul of the universe… which I call God.
I believe that as long as this disharmony exists we will develop “symptoms” which we call diseases. We may heal these “symptoms” such as cancer, heart disease, MS, but as we heal each one new “symptoms” will appear, and so on and so on, until each of us perceives or understands that these are symptoms and that the real disease is the choice we have made, and continue to make to separate ourselves from everything and everyone in the universe.
That separation is your only disease, and it is volitional. It is the cause, everything else is an effect.
So, this gives rise to an entirely new class of questions. Who separated each of us from our universe? What perpetuates that separation? How do we break this cycle? How can we regain our soul, rather than spend our lives waiting for the next symptom? Easy, or, at least, easily answered. As always, “the devil is in the details.”
Each of us has his very own personal and private abyss, and it is just that… a “seemingly” bottomless pit that we can never fill. It’s a scary place, the abyss, and so, considerate beings that we are, we isolate it. First we try to hide it and, if that doesn’t work, we protect others from it. We build walls, put up fences, post signs, “DANGER KEEP OUT” and “NO TRESPASSING.”
I think the contradiction here is becoming apparent. Your abyss is your illusion. In fact, it’s only threatening to one person in the world, and that would be, uh, you.
I can fly in your abyss. I can soar and glide. I can play in your abyss. I can love be loved make love and love you in your abyss. Again, your abyss is an illusion. It’s my abyss that’s frightening. And so on and so on…
Your abyss is what separates you from your soul, and from the personal and collective souls of everyone else. Well, the good news is you can fill your abyss, just as you can heal your soul. The bad news is, you can not do it alone. You need the help of me and a few billion others who are ready, willing and able. All you need to provide is a little courage.The courage that is required is to face whatever it is you keep in your abyss, whatever it is you fear. Tear down your walls and fences. Remove your warning signs. Invite every curious creature in the universe to peek into your abyss and feed and pet the monster who lives there. Put a ribbon around its neck. Monsters don’t do well with ribbons. There are a lot of curious creatures out there, and you know what’s going to happen? It’ll get over crowded, they’re going to fill up that void and you’ll have nothing left to hide from and no place to hide in. You will have healed your soul from it’s “original disease”, and, obviously, once that’s gone you can’t have any new symptoms. I could go on and on but I think you understand what I mean. All I can close with is, hopefully, we shall all find the courage to join hands and join forces and join souls… in the oneness.
BINGO.
Posted by Marina Grgic on 20 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
I am discovering a place where cleaning house is becoming less of a frustration. Cleaning is not my favorite activity to put it mildly, and I have discovered only lately that if I do it by small bits it is less painful. I also do it with loud dancing music on.
The inspiration came from Anne Carol Rowland’s blog. The Zensight woman, had a post about it couple of months ago; she came to the conclusion that she resented cleaning so much because there was some kind of abuse going on from her mum while she was a kid. I very much relate to that.
My mother was very fussy about everything being clean and in its place. I don’t like dirty, but I don’t like cleaning either; so my budget permitting I have a cleaning lady coming in.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find the link to Anne’s blog anymore but I had it in the email a friend forwarded; it is well worth reading as she brings a Zensight protocol on the subject as well. So here it is…
How to Finally Enjoy Housework
Laundry, vacuuming, taking out the garbage, dusting, tidying, cooking, grocery shopping, washing, and repairing….the list of household chores is never-ending. Most of us - if not all of us - have negative associations with doing housework.
And, certainly, it makes sense that given the choice between cleaning and going for a nice walk outside, reading a book, or surfing the internet, most of us find more enjoyment and stimulation in doing anything but housework.
I myself have, my entire adult life, struggled with housework. I am not, by nature, an organized person. Laundry always got done out of necessity - sometimes dire necessity - while most other tasks tended to pile up.
I tried many different ways of approaching this dilemma. Sometimes I would devote an entire day (or, more likely days) to cleaning my house, determined that once it was clean, I would keep it clean. Surely that could not be so hard, right? Wrong. In spite of my best intentions, I would find that mess inevitably would pile up again, often sooner rather than later.
(…)I tried a 15 minute per day cleaning regimen, where I would set a timer for 15 minutes and clean just until the timer went off. This is a system advocated by “Flylady” (for more information, see my blog). Flylady tells us “you can do anything for 15 minutes!”
This system was truly a lifesaver for me at first - I accomplished so much more than I did before! It was easier to face cleaning for just 15 minutes at a time. However, after the first couple of weeks, even though I wrote 15 minute cleaning intervals into my schedule religiously, I still found I could not get myself started.
Finally, I realized something bigger was at play with this issue. I believe this is true for many of us who struggle with keeping up with household tasks.
I grew up in a fastidiously clean home. This has, as an adult, been a source of confusion for me. After all, if I grew up in a clean home, shouldn’t I have learned good habits while in it?
Looking back, I realized I had a great deal of unresolved trauma in relation to cleaning and housework. How many of us grew up getting yelled at to go clean our rooms?
In my situation, there was a constant feeling of pressure and often intense fear or terror, in relation to keeping things clean. Indeed as I got older, it was my job to do all or most of the cooking and cleaning. While I was paid a small amount for this, the amount of work was enormous for an older child and young teen, and there was an atmosphere of rage and abuse should the work done not be completed according to my mother’s stringent standards.
In making this connection, finally the realization has sunk in that processing this trauma may make all the difference for me in my current day to day life and home cleanliness.
So how does one resolve this issue so that the day to day upkeep of one’s home is not quite so overwhelming?
(…)You can then take a moment to think back to some of the most upsetting experiences you experienced when growing up, in relation to housework or similar tasks. Apply the Zensight trauma healing protocol (as outlined in Discover Zensight: Easy Energy Healing & Personal Transformation, and/or in the Healing Trauma with Zensight audio healing session).
I have also included some of the healing statements I used myself:
I heal all of the decisions that any parts of me made while growing up, about cooking, cleaning, and other housework, that don’t serve my highest good now.
I now heal, transform and release any and all internalized messages, core beliefs, and psychological programming about cooking, cleaning and housework that don’t serve my highest good now.
I heal the original decisions that any parts of me made when growing up, that I hate housework or that housework is something that I have to be forced to do.
I heal any beliefs that any parts of me have, that I have no control when it comes to creating or maintaining a clean and organized home.
I now heal, transform and release any and all emotion that any parts of me are holding onto in connection with doing housework, that doesn’t serve my highest good now.
I now heal, transform and release any and all identities that any parts of me have taken on, as being someone who hates housework.
I let all the different parts of me know, deeply and completely, that whether I do - or don’t do - housework is now entirely up to me.
I now create and install new ways of finding joy and freedom in getting done all of the household tasks that I need or want to do.
Add in any additional healing statements that you feel you would most benefit from, and most apply to your own individual situation. I find that work with parts of self has been especially beneficial for me in resolving this issue (for more information please see Discover Zensight: Easy Energy Healing & Personal Transformation).
Lately, I have been waking up in the morning and cleaning and actually feeling happy doing so. The satisfaction, for the first time in my life, is coming not just from the results but even from the process.
I would never have believed that this could be possible. I also know that, if I can do this, anyone can.
I am working my way through my house a bit at a time, targeting each room - and even a portion of each room - each day and within a week the transformation is quite dramatic. Not only are the basics done but all of the “extras” that I would only rarely get to before - clearing off cobwebs, washing down baseboards, clearing out unwanted clutter, washing walls, etc… - are also getting done, a bit at a time, and with a feeling of joy and freedom in my heart because for the first time I can actually do these things without it feeling like drudgery.
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Posted by Marina Grgic on 03 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
The iShift e-zine for conscious culture from the Institute for Noetic Sciences has chosen to write this month about the beautiful Top Ten Fundamentals for Changing the World derived from study of Gandhi. The list of the ten principles is here, but you can follow this link to a longer article with full explanation:
1. Change yourself
2. You are in control
3. Forgive and let it go
4. Without action, you aren’t going anywhere
5. Take care of this moment
6. Everyone is human
7. Persist
8. See the good in people and help them
9. Be congruent, be authentic, and be your true self
10. Continue to grow and evolve
Posted by Marina Grgic on 19 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
Here is a simple method to release acute stress or painful memories (by Fred Gallo). A hand on the forehead and the other one on the occipital ridge (the back of the head) is also the way TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique) is used for small children. You can use it to help yourself or to assist others.
1. Briefly bring to mind your acute stress or a painful memory.
2. Rate it on our scale of discomfort 0 to 10 (10 being the worst).
3. Now place the palm of one hand on your forehead and the other over the “bump” at the back of your head. Don’t worry about doing it right, your hands will fall into place naturally.
4. Think about your acute stress or painful memory. Usually, the issue becomes more difficult to keep in mind as the level of discomfort decreases.
5. When you feel relaxed, discontinue holding your head and clear your mind for a minute.
6. Next think about your memory or acute stress again. If there is any remaining discomfort, put your hands back on your head. You might have to tune into several specific aspects of your issue.
If you work with somebody else, put your hands on their head.
Posted by Marina Grgic on 17 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Cool stuff to improve your life
The power of intention
Intention is a crucial ingredient in energy work, and a crucial ingredient in life. If we eat our food intending it will bring us health, vitality and joy this is what is going to happen. If we do the opposite fearing that what we are ingesting will make us fat, our unconscious mind, a faithful friend and servant will obey and make our body bigger than desired, even when we eat a lettuce leaf a day.
Check out IONS video to see the scientific approach to the power of intention
IONS research has led to the development of a new kind of “intentional chocolate” that makes positive intentions an actual ingredient - with mood-enhancing effects on those who eat it. This video tells the story of the science that brought together advanced meditators and chocolate-lovers to explore the age-old question of why mom’s chicken soup tastes so good.