To increase your secure feelings about money, try these methods:

1. Write your worries or concerns and put them in a special box (I call it a God Box) as a physical demonstration of "letting go and letting God" help you with the issues.
2. Write a letter to God, spelling out all of your feelings and what you need help with. Put this letter face-up on your altar or the location where you most-often pray. I’ve had miraculous results over the years with this method.
3. Write any fears on a piece of paper and then put that paper in the freezer compartment of your refrigerator. When you "freeze the fears," the problem is rapidly resolved.
4. Keep asking yourself: "What is the blessing within this situation?" There’s always a silver lining to every seeming problem.
5. Use my favorite Louise Hay affirmation: "Out of this situation, only good will come!" The more that you affirm this, the more peaceful you will feel. And a peaceful mind attracts and creates wonderful solutions.

-Doreen Virtue

Emotional Healing

Emotional healing does not mean dwelling upon the wound;
it means looking at the world through unwounded eyes.

We have not come here to take prisoners.

We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.
We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart
We have a duty to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please,
Come out and play."
For we have not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits,
But to experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom, and Light!
--Hafiz

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked hisgrandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

CURE (for mice) for Alzheimer’s disease

From Dr. William’s latest "Alternatives" newsletter, he talks about the CURE (for mice) for Alzheimer’s disease discovered by Dr. Kim Green at the University of California. He has been shocked that it has not been more publicized. Perhaps you can pass this on to people you know who could benefit. Improvements can occur within 5 days to a year it seems. For full details please get a copy of his newsletter www.drdavidwilliams.com Here's the basics:

Recommended: 250 mg. of Vitamin B3 (nicacinamide/nicotinamide) every 1 ½ hours for 12 doses total per day. Freeda Vitamins has this dosage available- preservative-free. www.freedavitamins.com or 800-777-3737.

It supposedly helps with arthritis as well.
Dr. Williams says that a toxic dose in humans would be somewhere around 375,000 mg a day…so this treatment is not even close to being toxic.

Thanks to Jan Harkey for passing this on.

Dance

We are fools whether we dance or not. So we might as well dance.

-Japanese proverb.

Freedom

“When we can accept all of life’s contradictions, when we can comfortably flow between the banks of pleasure and pain, experiencing them both while getting stuck in neither, then we are free.”

~ Deepak Chopra

Empowerment Meditation

I hereby release you from responsibility for my life and its failures.
I now take that responsibility myself.

-Anodea Judith

Letting it Go

If you become ruffled with every comment that
you consider a 'slight,' you will never find peace.

Nor will you find it by always separating yourself from
those who ruffle you. You can only end so many
friendships before you find yourself very much alone.
You can keep making new friends, of course, but
sooner or later they will ruffle you -- and then what?

Perhaps the better course might be to let the ruffle
go. People rarely mean it when they do that, and a
touch of gentle tolerance and easy forgiveness every
day is even better than an apple...

-Neale Donald Walsh

Great Video

http://avatarepcmedia.com/makeupyourmind

This is about 1/2 hour long video which is a talk given by Harry Palmer, the man who created the "Avatar" course. I found it very enlightening. It's about our belief systems.

Thoughts As Energy

There is no "high work" or "low work". There are just opportunities to focus. You can feel as fulfilled and satisfied in any one task as in any other, for you are on the Leading Edge of thought, and Source is flowing through you no matter what your endeavor is. You can be joyful in any endeavor where you decide to allow the Energy to flow.
-Abraham-Hicks

by Neale Donald Walsh

Every day is a new beginning, and nothing
from yesterday has to affect who you are today.

It does no good at all to bemoan what you may have
done on a day prior to today -- or even, for that matter,
a moment ago. You don't have to carry that into the
Present Moment, nor is your guilt about it going to do
you any good at good.

Simply resolve to become a different version of your
self right here, right now. Use yesterday to inspire
tomorrow, not to discourage it.

Bragging?

I heard something very interesting recently: When men get together, they tend to brag. When women get together, they tend to discuss problems. Doesn't that mean that maybe men are focusing on the positive while women are focusing on the negative? Of course it is almost always an uplifting experience to get together in a gender group this way and just "be". But I do see that women tend to discuss "issues" and men tend to want to forget them and try to just have a good time. I realize these are sterotypes, but I thought this was a very interesting concept.

The Nigerian Paradox

So what is the “Nigerian Paradox,” and why is it so important to your own success and happiness?
In a major study of 65 countries as reported on CNN, the BBC, and other major media throughout the world, the economically disadvantaged African country Nigeria ranked #1 for the happiest people in the world.
Mexico ranked #2, Venezuela #3, and El Salvador #4.
The U.S.? #16. Australia ranked #20, and Britain #24.
Furthermore, people in the Western world and Japan are no happier now than they were in the 1950s, despite a massive increase in income.So why in the world would such a poor country, where food is scarce for a large segment of the population and even radios are a luxury, have the happiest people in the world?
In three words: “positive intense experiences.”
A lot has already been researched and written about this Nigerian Paradox.
It turns out that Nigerians are deeply committed to simple, enjoyable, profound and deeply transformative actions in their life that melt away the negative states like stress, angst and worry and instead lead to a powerful sense of happiness.
- From Mind Power Learning Center, LLC

From Deepak Chopra Center's Newsletter

A thought to give faith, and peace.

"Know that even in the midst of challenge and uncertainty, you are always safe. The spirit within you can never be diminished or hurt by the outer circumstances of your life but is ever expanding along its most evolutionary path."

A Native American Verse

I have to post this just because I found it so beautiful.

Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush,
of quiet birds in the circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there; I did not die.

Before New Order, There Is Chaos

“What you see going on in the world around you is simply a balancing of forces. Greed is being exposed. Materialism is being subdued. People are spending more time with their families and less time focused on their possessions. People are learning to live within their means, to value their money, time and energy once again, and to live with more gratitude for what they do have.”
-thanks Kathi for passing this one to me-

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own." ~ Benjamin Disraeli