Make It Heaven Newsletter: Seeing Beyond the SurfaceVol. Eight - April 2004 In This Issue
"What you are looking for is inside. What you are seeking is you." R. Skeele Sometimes change is an event. We redecorate the living room and our relationship improves. We take that vacation to the beach, relax for a few days and find renewed interest in our job. We change our hair style, loose a few pounds, buy a new outfit and life feels lighter. But what about when buying something new or leaving town for a few days doesn't do it? When change is a process and there's a journey calling - it's time to gear up. Seeing beyond the surface of a chronic issue or recurring problem is a lot less scary and intimidating when you keep in mind a few simple guidelines: 1. The greater part of you is knocking on the door. Whatever it is that you've been avoiding has not gone away for a reason - it has a message, gift or blessing that will enhance your life, not destroy it. 2. Approaching the 'problem' with acceptance rather than judgment, and working with yourself in loving rather than shame and blame eliminates half the 'problem'. The rest requires making a new choice. 3. Course correction is the name of the game. Let go of being right, your position, black and white thinking and you can lighten up. Hold on and you create more pain, struggle and separation. Now you are equipped to turn safely inward on your journey. Prepare to unburden yourself of numerous misconceptions and to be pleasantly surprised. Diving deep and surfacing, a place inside you will open up - revealing a surprising discovery...a personal, portable paradise of joy and abundance: your inner heaven. Tip of the Month: The Band-aids of Life Do you know there's a chronic issue in your world but use the quick-fix approach to avoid the mess and stay in control?You're not alone. Our media is full of ways to deny, escape, avoid, silence, numb and swallow whatever it is that's getting in the way of how life should be. We are conditioned not to look too close or delve too deep into a dilemma for fear of "opening a can of worms".Awareness Exercise: Spend a few minutes each week this month observing all the small band aids you apply to what seems out of place or out of control in your life. Ask yourself:1. Why do I continue to get a headache each day about this time?2. Do I really need this extra cup of coffee or is there something draining my energy?3. That's the third time this week I've had a glass of wine when I walk in the door. What part of me is trying to get my attention?4. All I do is chit chat. What am I afraid to express?5. We haven't talked in weeks. Am I holding back in fear? Having the courage to ask yourself the uncomfortable questions opens new pathways of fresh insight and awareness inside. New possibilities come into view and you can relax inside - perhaps for the very first time. "Every step into the vastness of your true nature releases an old way of seeing." - R. Skeele Discovering your personal inner heaven requires a new relationship with yourself. Does this sound familiar...OK, I'm going to take a look at what is going on below the surface of this issue. But what if I run into something about me I don't like? I knew I shouldn't have rocked the boat. Now, he/she won't talk to me. What if something bad happens? Snorkeling around under the surface uncovers many feelings, beliefs, judgments and fears that in the past have made you abandon your mission. Resisting the urge to judge, shame, blame and react in fear takes new tools and a new approach.Awareness Exercise:Create a safe place within to explore a chronic issue or challenge that your have been avoiding.Ask yourself, what fear, worry, or concern is present about exploring beneath this issue? Now, looking with the eyes of compassion, observe the situation or issue again. (you may want to take a few minutes to do this)Through the eyes of compassion, what can you accept (acceptance is the opposite of judgment) at this time? (feelings, behaviors, reactions, fears)What new insight can you apply to this situation?What new agreement can you make with yourself in this area?How can you work differently with yourself so that you can explore this issue further?When we learn to remove the judgment and look with loving eyes at behaviors then new choices appear. A challenge can quickly transform into an opportunity to love and accept myself. Heavens are all about loving - and joy, happiness, forgiveness, health, wealth and abundance. Cocreating With Divinity: Seeing with New Eyes"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." – Marcel Proust New "Seeing" is like experiencing a sudden flash of color and then it's gone - but never forgotten. Once you catch a glimpse of your inner heaven the quest begins. Seeing what is present in your life with new eyes is the journey. Allowing the layers of conditioning to peel away is the process. How you participate in the process is the key. Participating with cooperation means loving it all. The human nature is conditioned to fear it all; loathe it all; judge it all. Your divine nature knows better. Your divine nature can be invited to gently sand away what is not the truth. Sanding can sting, irritate, "rub us the wrong way." The human nature takes this sand papering personally. The divine nature knows that it was all an illusion anyway. There are no short cuts in this process, but grace - upliftment, comfort, peace is always present. Once again, grace can be invited to lend a gentle hand. Deepening the bonds of a relationship with your divinity gives way to unending awe, wonder, and mystery. Have a conversation today wherever you feel at ease speaking intimately. Let this indwelling source of wisdom know you'd like it's help in seeing more clearly. Listen closely for guidance, trusting that it may not come immediately or resemble anything you might expect. Relinquish the urge to control. You will be amazed at the results! About the AuthorRebecca Skeele is the author of "You Can Make It Heaven: How to Enrich Your Life with Abundance and Loving". A counselor and life coach since 1990, Rebecca facilitates classes in practical spirituality internationally and speaks to various groups about the tools of conscious choice and cocreating heaven on earth. She can me reached via email for speaking engagements or to schedule a workshop: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rebecca Skeele, President of Make It Heaven LLC, is an author, speaker and master facilitator supporting people to cocreate their personal heaven on earth. She is the author of You Can Make It Heaven: How to Enrich Your Life with Abundance and Loving and numerous articles supporting personal and spiritual growth. She combines her extensive years as a spiritual counselor and coach, two Master’s degrees in Spiritual Counseling and Spiritual Science, her certification in the noetic field of consciousness and her study as an non-denominational minister to support conscious choice and awakening to the truth within. Her new course, Becoming a Spiritual Scientist: A Course for Cocreators is offered in Santa Fe, NM. Visit http://www.spiritual-scientist.com for more information or email Rebecca at rebecca@makeitheaven.com
Copyright 2004, Rebecca Skeele. This content may be reprinted or forwarded in full with author’s name and contact numbers.
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