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Not too long ago, I had a brief discussion with the daughter of a dear friend of mine. She was suffering because her father wasn't behaving in a way that she deemed acceptable. It occurred to me that what was really missing was the peace that comes from unconditional Love. When we remember who we really are, it's easy to look past the exterior behaviors and see the Divine within. We are all the manifestation of God's Love. Can you look through to the core and see that Love is all there really is? By the way, what I told this young woman was that no matter what the question is, the answer is always Love!

Here's an interesting piece that explains this quite well. From "Science of Mind" August 2008, page 36, written by Safire Rose:

"Love is a powerful thing It is powerful because no matter how many times you may have felt hurt by someone's actions or words, you can continue to Love that person. Love is a powerful thing. It sees through the subtle subterfuges of hatred and manipulation.

Love strikes a match that illuminates the unseen presence of God everywhere; and when that tiny flicker of light hits a hurting heart it reveals the kernel of healing already within it. In the face of injustice we forget Love is our mightiest weapon; in the face of fear we forget that one breath of Love can calm our soul. It is unfortunate that we tuck our Love away instead of using it to find a resolution that will help to ease the pain.

Love is a powerful thing. Armed with Love a nation can heal. Armed with Love a family can transform. Armed with Love an empty soul can find renewal. Love is a powerful thing, and it is the only thing worth living for."

Amen.

With Love,
Linda

The Radical Power of Gratitude

By Margot Zaher and Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Every time you give thanks for how the Universe has blessed you, you send out a high vibrational energy that starts magnetizing even more love, joy and abundance into your life. Gratitude is one of the most powerful and transformational energies on the planet. Whenever you are grateful, your body starts bathing in the energy of joy and abundance. You ignite a deeper knowingness that you are truly fulfilled and lack nothing at all. Your energy naturally becomes peaceful, content and loving. Your being simply becomes a gift to others who may feel a sense of lack inside. Our inner world manifests into our outer world, and choosing gratitude is what allows you to help this world to heal and open its infinite reservoirs of loving, co-creative energy.

"At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

The amazing thing about gratitude is that you cannot experience fear, scarcity, or doubt when you are in it. By simply being thankful for what is, you instantly relieve yourself from all internal suffering and can begin to know your soul's real path and mission here. Deep deep down you are already divinely blessed with a great power. You were born with the divine connection and resources to manifest anything and everything that you need. From recognizing this blessed place within, you become a massive magnet for attracting even more love, success, and divine relationships into your life. Take a few moments here to simply imagine what your life will look and FEEL like when you are constantly grateful for what is. By practicing imagining you are living in gratitude, you automatically become more receptive towards the divinity that is already deeper within you.

For the next 24 hours, we invite you to do something truly radical and out of the ordinary. We want you to explore what it is like to continuously dive into gratitude. Make this day 100% dedicated to thanking the Universe. Give thanks to the sun that shines, the clouds that give you moisture, a friend that you have, your eyes, hands, and your ability to read and learn. You have been blessed with air to breathe and food to keep you alive. Say to yourself or out loud, "I am so thankful for my life!" Let these words sink deeply into the cells of your body. Let them penetrate you to the core. It is truly mind boggling how good it feels just to let in a little bit of gratefulness.

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?" ~William A. Ward

Where this invitation becomes radically powerful is when you practice being thankful to everyone that you cannot appreciate or be thankful for. These beings are teachers for you on your path nudging you to step more fully into your own power and truth. Thank them for this gift they are giving you! We are all fortunate to be alive, and partake of all of the amazing experiences that come our way. As you continuously practice giving thanks for those things you typically complain about, you will feel a great lightness overtake your life. You will naturally feel your energy expand and you will be filled with more joy and bliss than before. As you say "Thank You" to everything in your life that you were once unappreciative of, your body starts magnetizing even more abundance into your life. Gratitude essentially opens up the channels for abundance, allowing you to more easily receive the incredible gifts that the Universe has to offer. As you partake in this thankful habit you will always recognize the depth and beauty of your life and consciously see the blessings that each experience contains.

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice." ~Meister Eckhart

Thanks so much for all of your support throughout the year!

Many blessings to you,
Margot Zaher & Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Copyright 2007. Enlightened Beings Inc. All Rights Reserved.

How To Shine Your Light Like The Sun!
Written By Margot Zaher and Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

You are a divine radiant being who has sooooo much to offer this world! The Universe has blessed you with a plethora of gifts, talents, and love to shine on everyone. The question is, "How to access this light and let it shine onto the world?" To become a beacon of light and love to those around you, simply recognize all of the amazing riches that the Universe has already given you. First start with thinking about what you DO have instead of what you DON'T have. What are you truly grateful for in your life today? Then ask yourself, "Who am I to receive these divine blessings?". You must already be divine if you are receiving such goodies! All it takes for you to step into your power is for you to open yourself up and receive what is already being offered to you.

"Some other things are like shooting stars, they shoot bright for a second and then pfft. We are like the sun shining, we shine forever." ~ Ziggy Marley

Many people are stuck in waiting for something "wonderful" to happen . They just keep wondering when the Universe is going to bless them with that golden lottery ticket. They spend their lives hoping that something better will come along, and longing for something that will allow them to step into their power and shine like the sun! It's time to wake up here. You have already won the lottery!! The Universe is your lottery and it is yours for the taking. It has already given you everything you need to feel loved, full of joy, enthusiasm, and truly successful. The light inside you is already on and shining for others. Yet, because you're not looking at your own light you may be missing it.

Perhaps you may be taking your life for granted or obsessing about the past or future which blinds you from seeing the beauty of your magnificent presence. Old wounding or traumas can cause clouds to form around the light of your being and tempt you to buy into the propaganda of others' limiting thinking patterns. Who you truly are is even more powerful and glorious than the Sun!! You can manifest anything you desire! The secret to clearing away these clouds of limiting beliefs and negative thoughts INSTANTLY is looking at your simple sweet Divine presence that's here now. Yes, at the core of your being resides an internal flame of light, love, and radiance. Sit with this focus for 5-10 minutes. It's worth your time. This is who you truly are. It is easy to part the clouds of the mind and see the light at the core of your being. This will allow others to see the magnificence inside you as well.

“Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.” ~ Dwight L. Moody

The interesting thing is that the more you pay attention to your inner light and presence, the easier things manifest for you. The more frequent you let this light shine through, the faster you manifest those amazing things you deeply desire into your physical world. Just like the Sun has a magnetic field that keeps all 9 planets magnetized to it, so too does your inner sun attract beautiful experiences to you. The radiant nature of your core is extremely powerful, beautiful, and unstoppable. When you let it shine on others, they are drawn to you like a moth to a candle flame. Once this shining power is unleashed, the entire world magically starts conspiring to help manifest your dreams into reality.

You may sometimes dim your inner light as a way of playing small so as to not threaten other beings who are near and dear to your heart. It's time to stop playing small, and start playing big. When you let your inner light shine, and fully step into your power, you automatically empower others to do the same. One powerful secret to being a guiding light for others is to write down your greatest desires and dreams. Yes, you may have many dreams that you have kept safely locked away, hiding behind the guards of fear and doubt. You can unlock these dreams and open the door to the magestic wonderland of infinite potentiality! Behind every hidden dream abides the potential energy to harvest and manifest that specific dream. Bringing them out to the surface allows the full radiant power of your being to shine its passion and excitement on them. This also causes your dreams to re-ignite, giving you even more motivation to manifest them.

Your dreams are a type of fuel which bring your inner fire to shine brighter for yourself and everyone else. When you let your BIGGEST, craziest, wildest dreams resurface you give others permission to spark up their dreams too! This causes a mass ignition of everyone's dreams in the world...leading the planet to a higher state of En-light-enment. If one by one, we all let our inner light shine brightly for others to see, we create a wave of light that will soon spread across the world and shine as brilliantly as the sun. Shining your light proudly and brightly for all to see is the surest and fastest way to enlightened the world around you. So let's all take off our lampshades, and let everybody see how truly brilliant and magnificent we are.

"And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." ~ Marianne Willamson

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May you easily and effortlessly let your brilliant light shine!
Margot Zaher and Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Copyright 2007. Enlightened Beings Inc. All Rights Reserved.

How To Be Independent Of Others Opinions
By Jafree Ozwald & Margot Zaher
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing." ~George Bernard Shaw

Do you ever find yourself wondering what other people think about you? Perhaps you may notice that your mind may tend to be a bit obsessive and compulsive about certain thoughts, beliefs, and opinions that others may have about you. This can occur when you meet someone you look up to and you want to create a good impression. You want them to like you, think highly of you, or perhaps not think negatively of you because of one small and simple reason. You believe that if they like, love, or approve of you, then you will be safe, loved, free or O.K.

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer

Do you really need other people's approval, acceptance, or appreciation first before you can give it to yourself? Absolutely not! Who you are is the energy and consciousness of love itself, and once you consistently realize this and openly shower this love upon yourself and others, you'll be free from everyone's opinions forever. Your ego was "programmed" by society to need approval, acceptance, and appreciation from the outer world. It hasn't realized that there is an infinite source of love beneath it at your core, and that you can have access to it at anytime. The ego is a very ironic creation. It's about as real as your own shadow, and yet we build our entire relationships around its illusionary reality. As soon as you commit to the lightness and openness of your own being, the ego is no where to be found. What's the worst thing that could happen if you decided to let go of other people's opinions about you and choose to love yourself JUST AS YOU ARE 24-7?

One of the greatest secrets to transcending this game is that other people's opinions of you are only a reflection of what they see (or don't want to see) about themselves. Everyone is a mirror for each other. Their beliefs about you are a deep unconscious projection of themselves onto you, just to avoid looking inside themselves. So help out your fellow human and give them their projections and opinions back to them! For 2007 don't take on ANYBODY'S projections or opinions about you! Stop the relentless ego from scheming to get others to like you, and instead just practice loving yourself as you are. Be unguarded from their opinions. Let their opinions form freely, and honor that their beliefs are truly limiting thoughts about themselves in the end.

"As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." ~Andrew Carnegie

Another secret to dissolving this old unconscious ego pattern is to deeply look within and truly ask you, "Why do I really care what others think of me?" Is it because if you don't care, they may not love, respect or want you anymore? If that's true, then their love is not unconditional love from their heart. If you care too much and become afraid of making others angry or upset with you in some way, you have signed up for prison and have taken a vow to not freely speak your truth. Notice if you are hiding behind any walls of fear, and start being radically honest with others today! If you feel stuck with taking this leap of faith, imagine what your face will look like after 20 years of hiding. Then, imagine seeing your face after 20 years of expressing your divine brilliant light that has melted through your ego.

By caring "too much" about what others may think about you, you are wasting precious time which could be spent loving and accepting you just as you are. The next time you find yourself psychically reaching out to see what someone thinks about you, simply ask yourself, "What opinion do I really want to have about me?" Then, become like a hollow flute and let their beliefs (positive or negative) flow right through you. Doing this action repetitively will allow you to truly step into your power and become the radiant divine being that you are, naturally being a guide on the path for others to follow.

"All know the way; few actually walk it." ~Bodhidharma

Many blessings to you,
Jafree & Margot
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

Copyright 2007. Enlightened Beings Inc. All Rights Reserved.

THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK

How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one can get back their focus on what's important.

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab and here is what happened. I hopped in a taxi and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded and missed the other car's back end by just inches!

The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident whipped his head around and started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was friendly.

So, I said, 'Why did you just do that, this guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

'Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. If you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happy you did.'

So this was it - The 'Law of the Garbage Truck.'
I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me and how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home or on the streets!

It was that day I said, 'I'm not going to do it anymore.' I began to see garbage trucks. Like in the movie 'The Sixth Sense,' the little boy said, 'I see Dead People.' Well, now 'I see garbage trucks.' I see the load they're carrying and I see them coming to drop it off and like my taxi driver, I don't make it a personal thing. I just smile, wave, wish them well and I move on.

One of my favourite football players of all time, Walter Payton, did this every day on the football field. He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled. He never dwelled on a hit. Payton was ready to make the next play his best.

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting and good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and
kisses. Good leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present and at their best for the people they care about. The bottom line is that successful and happy people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. What about you?

What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by? Here's my bet - I am sure you'll be happier.

Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so - love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who don't. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance - take it! If it changes your life - let it!

Nobody said it would be easy . . . they just promised it would be worth it!

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