These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
Had two "near crisis': one found out someone had charged over 5000$ on my credit card and two this morning i went to pull up this power point presentation i had spent hours working on and the majority of it was not saved. Both times I let go with in minutes.. well actually it was an hour with the credit card thing, and i breathed, and i trusted, and i let go, and in both situations there was a good outcome. Bank of America (God love them) credited us with the bad charges) and I found the file hidden off in my computer (and i am computer illiterate.) It is all about trusting. (And praising and celebrating) and being connected inward and upward. Wow life is good!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
It all is as it is suppose to be
These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
So I have been journaling a lot lately as you read in the last blog. Today I just sat at the computer with a blank mind, and trust me that is a good thing from time to time.
And then an email came in with a link to another blog, and I read it and went wow, that is exactly what I needed for today.
Especially about intending our future, which implies we want something different than what we have. And as long as we want something different from what we have.
We will always be in a state of want.
http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/what-is-true-for-you
So today: for me it is all about it being exactly as it is suppose to be, and being fully and completely in the present moment.
PS that email had to come from somewhere. And that email came from someone who understands the power of collective energy. Sharing and being connected to others is what changes the energy of the world. Thank you to her. And may you as the reader share something of yourself with someone else today too.
So I have been journaling a lot lately as you read in the last blog. Today I just sat at the computer with a blank mind, and trust me that is a good thing from time to time.
And then an email came in with a link to another blog, and I read it and went wow, that is exactly what I needed for today.
Especially about intending our future, which implies we want something different than what we have. And as long as we want something different from what we have.
We will always be in a state of want.
http://spiritlibrary.com/conversations-with-god/what-is-true-for-you
So today: for me it is all about it being exactly as it is suppose to be, and being fully and completely in the present moment.
PS that email had to come from somewhere. And that email came from someone who understands the power of collective energy. Sharing and being connected to others is what changes the energy of the world. Thank you to her. And may you as the reader share something of yourself with someone else today too.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
AAA: Having a witness to your life.
These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
Many of us have Triple A road service and protection. I am suggesting that there is a similar protection for our spiritual journey needs.
Let’s call it Accountability, Authenticity and Awareness.
So here is the story: A few weeks back I was going into a bad place, needing a great attitude adjustment. So I called my coach, shaman, mentor, therapist person. I just babbled about this and that; and how did I get back into such a dark place. As I widdled down through the issues, it became apparent that this was days of stuffing feelings, and days of ignoring what I knew to be true, and days of letting my power leek away into oblivion.
What I was able to identify is a tad of anger in my veins. (“A TAD” is pretty much an understatement) But I had fallen recently and I was in pain, and remnants of the dog bite to my face surfaced. And a little of this old issue and a little of that old issue, was lingering and the bottom line was I had stopped meditating, being quiet and had stopped praying.
So my assignment was to commit to 10/30. For thirty days I was to spend 10 minutes of quiet time being connected to my self. (Being out of my head and into my body, being connected to my higher power, to my spirit to my guides whatever terminology you want to use) I was directed to either just sit, if I had nothing to say, or scream or speak, or cry or laugh, but the one thing I was not allowed to do is think. This was all about getting out of the analytical, critical, denial producing, cover up inducing head. It was about being authentic, being honest, gut wrenching honest, feeling, and getting back to the knowing in ones soul and heart. Not mind knowing, but soul knowing.
And then I was to write her everyday via email as a way of being accountable. Now the rules were that she was not going to comment or respond, unless she did not hear from me. This process was not about feedback, it was about the ability one has with in them self to become aware.
So the process started 11 days ago, and on one day I received a message of: ?????? because I hadn’t written. After that, the drive to do this on days I didn’t feel like it has kicked in because I know I am being accountable to another tribe member.
That accountability factor is huge. However it is also hard to be authentic when you are spilling gut wrenching feelings to another person you respect and honor. Trust is important here. You really can not do this kind of exercise without a recipient that is trained not to judge, is trained to honor your path, and who accepts you unconditionally. It is also important to have a recipient of this kind of feedback that knows how to dump it, not personalize it, and is able to witness it without feeling responsible to fix it.
The experience I have had so far has been amazing. There have been times of blah, times of anger, and times of incredible awareness. Feelings have surfaced that have stayed repressed by the will of the mind, for ever so long, and some seem like they have been waiting lifetimes to emerge and resolve.
My ten minutes a day has now shifted to twice a day. (Once a day to speak and once a day to listen) Simultaneous with this, has been a revival of peace, and power. Currently I am working on some creativity blockages. And my mind is saying thank god, I don’t have to work so hard.
There has been some integration of my personality that has kept me very compartmental and closed. I am feeling more open, and yet not more vulnerable.
It has been a great experience, and I challenged each of you to try this 10/30 day experiment of being accountable, authentic and aware. Find a witness to your journey, and donate energy back to them as a way of honoring their time and ability to accept your story.
Many of us have Triple A road service and protection. I am suggesting that there is a similar protection for our spiritual journey needs.
Let’s call it Accountability, Authenticity and Awareness.
So here is the story: A few weeks back I was going into a bad place, needing a great attitude adjustment. So I called my coach, shaman, mentor, therapist person. I just babbled about this and that; and how did I get back into such a dark place. As I widdled down through the issues, it became apparent that this was days of stuffing feelings, and days of ignoring what I knew to be true, and days of letting my power leek away into oblivion.
What I was able to identify is a tad of anger in my veins. (“A TAD” is pretty much an understatement) But I had fallen recently and I was in pain, and remnants of the dog bite to my face surfaced. And a little of this old issue and a little of that old issue, was lingering and the bottom line was I had stopped meditating, being quiet and had stopped praying.
So my assignment was to commit to 10/30. For thirty days I was to spend 10 minutes of quiet time being connected to my self. (Being out of my head and into my body, being connected to my higher power, to my spirit to my guides whatever terminology you want to use) I was directed to either just sit, if I had nothing to say, or scream or speak, or cry or laugh, but the one thing I was not allowed to do is think. This was all about getting out of the analytical, critical, denial producing, cover up inducing head. It was about being authentic, being honest, gut wrenching honest, feeling, and getting back to the knowing in ones soul and heart. Not mind knowing, but soul knowing.
And then I was to write her everyday via email as a way of being accountable. Now the rules were that she was not going to comment or respond, unless she did not hear from me. This process was not about feedback, it was about the ability one has with in them self to become aware.
So the process started 11 days ago, and on one day I received a message of: ?????? because I hadn’t written. After that, the drive to do this on days I didn’t feel like it has kicked in because I know I am being accountable to another tribe member.
That accountability factor is huge. However it is also hard to be authentic when you are spilling gut wrenching feelings to another person you respect and honor. Trust is important here. You really can not do this kind of exercise without a recipient that is trained not to judge, is trained to honor your path, and who accepts you unconditionally. It is also important to have a recipient of this kind of feedback that knows how to dump it, not personalize it, and is able to witness it without feeling responsible to fix it.
The experience I have had so far has been amazing. There have been times of blah, times of anger, and times of incredible awareness. Feelings have surfaced that have stayed repressed by the will of the mind, for ever so long, and some seem like they have been waiting lifetimes to emerge and resolve.
My ten minutes a day has now shifted to twice a day. (Once a day to speak and once a day to listen) Simultaneous with this, has been a revival of peace, and power. Currently I am working on some creativity blockages. And my mind is saying thank god, I don’t have to work so hard.
There has been some integration of my personality that has kept me very compartmental and closed. I am feeling more open, and yet not more vulnerable.
It has been a great experience, and I challenged each of you to try this 10/30 day experiment of being accountable, authentic and aware. Find a witness to your journey, and donate energy back to them as a way of honoring their time and ability to accept your story.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
What I need to be happy.
These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
i just spent some time creating a dream board using Oprahs web site: http://www.oprah.com/article/spirit/inspiration/odreamboard and just got so revived and excited and filled with joy and hope. From that I revised my: "what i need to be happy list" it now looks like this:
I need to be connected to people /community / to a tribe
I need my space and quiet
I need to be creative
Sometimes I need to do nothing
I need to be productive and feel useful
I need to grow mentally and spiritually
I new to experience new things
I need to give love and get love
I need to be physically healthy (good food good exercise good sleep)
I need romance
I need someone to talk to
I need insightful feedback
I need to be connected to the environment
I need culture and times to dress up and be sophisticated
Periodically I need to go to the blue waters
I need music and dance
I need to be valued, appreciated and honored on occasion
I need to be making a difference
I need freedom to be fully me
I need the financial freedom to be generous
I need to the freedom to be content and still want it all
I need opportunities to fulfill my purpose:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised Luke 4:18
And I need to: do what I love and when I stop loving it, stop doing it
What do you need to be happy?
i just spent some time creating a dream board using Oprahs web site: http://www.oprah.com/article/spirit/inspiration/odreamboard and just got so revived and excited and filled with joy and hope. From that I revised my: "what i need to be happy list" it now looks like this:
I need to be connected to people /community / to a tribe
I need my space and quiet
I need to be creative
Sometimes I need to do nothing
I need to be productive and feel useful
I need to grow mentally and spiritually
I new to experience new things
I need to give love and get love
I need to be physically healthy (good food good exercise good sleep)
I need romance
I need someone to talk to
I need insightful feedback
I need to be connected to the environment
I need culture and times to dress up and be sophisticated
Periodically I need to go to the blue waters
I need music and dance
I need to be valued, appreciated and honored on occasion
I need to be making a difference
I need freedom to be fully me
I need the financial freedom to be generous
I need to the freedom to be content and still want it all
I need opportunities to fulfill my purpose:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised Luke 4:18
And I need to: do what I love and when I stop loving it, stop doing it
What do you need to be happy?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Its all about the miracles!
These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
So today the most marvelous thing happened. One of those absolutely wow moments.
Rich stopped to get breakfast at Hardees. It was "buy one get one free" breakfast meal. (It was cheaper than just buying one) SO he ate his,and decided to give the other one away. He stopped at one of his pool stores he buys from and shared his breakfast with someone there. He then went on his way. A few hours later, he was pulling into an apartment complex where he does work. And a police officer (Gaston County)pulled in behind him. At first he was a little nervous...... then.....
Now are you ready for this? She got out of the car and handed him lunch. She said "I just went to Burger King and bought a "two for one" deal. I only wanted one and wanted to share the other." He shared his story and they both had a moment of disbelief. What goes around DOES comes around.
WOw, I mean wow..... And he ended the story with..."and she was good looking too!"
So today the most marvelous thing happened. One of those absolutely wow moments.
Rich stopped to get breakfast at Hardees. It was "buy one get one free" breakfast meal. (It was cheaper than just buying one) SO he ate his,and decided to give the other one away. He stopped at one of his pool stores he buys from and shared his breakfast with someone there. He then went on his way. A few hours later, he was pulling into an apartment complex where he does work. And a police officer (Gaston County)pulled in behind him. At first he was a little nervous...... then.....
Now are you ready for this? She got out of the car and handed him lunch. She said "I just went to Burger King and bought a "two for one" deal. I only wanted one and wanted to share the other." He shared his story and they both had a moment of disbelief. What goes around DOES comes around.
WOw, I mean wow..... And he ended the story with..."and she was good looking too!"
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Happy anniversary charlie
These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
Do not take anything for granted today. Life can change in a moment, And although change is always good, you can wonder if you could have enjoyed the last moment just a little bit better. 5 years ago today, we sat in Florida watching a category 2 hurricane heading for tampa. Not a big deal to us long term hurricane watchers.. but in a instant,it turned. and headed directly towards us and 20 minutes later we were in the midst of a category 4 hurrincae and our lives would never be the same again.
We can celebrate all of the good that came from that destruction, but our human minds will always remember what was.
Here is a letter I have written to those good friends:
Despite moving away from Charlotte County, our hearts will be forever connected to this area, to each of you and to the memories we have shared.
On this anniversary of Hurricane Charley: and event that cemented an already existing bond we transform the remnants of anything negative into a celebration of what has transpired since then.
Hurricanes: It’s about warm water heating air and moving energy upwards up and away from (almost like a cleansing). When that happens and it clashes with higher cooler air which inspires wind and rain. (The bigger the clash, the more intense the wind and the heavier the rains) Wind clears out, rains wash away, and what is left is just the earth.
In life we have issues; that heat up, and try resolve on their own. But often in that process there comes a clash with cold: with apathy and with stagnant lack of movement. And then we have crisis. The crisis is a storm. And the bigger the crisis: the bigger the storm. Storms bring with it wind and rain, and sometimes destruction. But in that destruction comes opportunities to grow to change to be better.
Hurricane Charlie caused destruction. Then it brought opportunities to change to grow to rebuild better. It left the earth, and we are the earth. We are what is left. We are what matters. We are the foundation from which to grow from.
I think there is a lesson in that. Perhaps if we learned to clean up and clean out our lives on a regular basis, we wouldn’t need so much wind, or clashes or destruction. If we cleaned up our lives, and resolved our issues actively and passionately, we wouldn’t need Mother Nature to come in and do it for us.
Hurricane Charlie was a monumental event. We weren’t expecting it, or ready for it but we needed it. It was good, it did its job and now it’s gone except in our memories. Now we can make our lists of things we will never take for granted again.
For us at the top of the list: is the raw bar, the harbor, our friends, and the reality that life can change in a moment. We commit on this 5 year anniversary to stop everyday and say thank you for what we have. We commit to using our senses to see and hear and taste and smell and feel, as much as possible, for tomorrow it may not be the same. Everyday we will ask what we can do to grow, to resolve, to release to let go of. Maybe it won’t protect us from another hurricane, but we are thinking that if one comes we will be better prepared.
When we do this exercise we will remember you, we will love you and we will pray for all of you who have a memory with us. You are in our heart, and we are in yours. We will never feel alone, and you will never be anything but loved, and honored and celebrated.
Happy anniversary Charlie.....
Do not take anything for granted today. Life can change in a moment, And although change is always good, you can wonder if you could have enjoyed the last moment just a little bit better. 5 years ago today, we sat in Florida watching a category 2 hurricane heading for tampa. Not a big deal to us long term hurricane watchers.. but in a instant,it turned. and headed directly towards us and 20 minutes later we were in the midst of a category 4 hurrincae and our lives would never be the same again.
We can celebrate all of the good that came from that destruction, but our human minds will always remember what was.
Here is a letter I have written to those good friends:
Despite moving away from Charlotte County, our hearts will be forever connected to this area, to each of you and to the memories we have shared.
On this anniversary of Hurricane Charley: and event that cemented an already existing bond we transform the remnants of anything negative into a celebration of what has transpired since then.
Hurricanes: It’s about warm water heating air and moving energy upwards up and away from (almost like a cleansing). When that happens and it clashes with higher cooler air which inspires wind and rain. (The bigger the clash, the more intense the wind and the heavier the rains) Wind clears out, rains wash away, and what is left is just the earth.
In life we have issues; that heat up, and try resolve on their own. But often in that process there comes a clash with cold: with apathy and with stagnant lack of movement. And then we have crisis. The crisis is a storm. And the bigger the crisis: the bigger the storm. Storms bring with it wind and rain, and sometimes destruction. But in that destruction comes opportunities to grow to change to be better.
Hurricane Charlie caused destruction. Then it brought opportunities to change to grow to rebuild better. It left the earth, and we are the earth. We are what is left. We are what matters. We are the foundation from which to grow from.
I think there is a lesson in that. Perhaps if we learned to clean up and clean out our lives on a regular basis, we wouldn’t need so much wind, or clashes or destruction. If we cleaned up our lives, and resolved our issues actively and passionately, we wouldn’t need Mother Nature to come in and do it for us.
Hurricane Charlie was a monumental event. We weren’t expecting it, or ready for it but we needed it. It was good, it did its job and now it’s gone except in our memories. Now we can make our lists of things we will never take for granted again.
For us at the top of the list: is the raw bar, the harbor, our friends, and the reality that life can change in a moment. We commit on this 5 year anniversary to stop everyday and say thank you for what we have. We commit to using our senses to see and hear and taste and smell and feel, as much as possible, for tomorrow it may not be the same. Everyday we will ask what we can do to grow, to resolve, to release to let go of. Maybe it won’t protect us from another hurricane, but we are thinking that if one comes we will be better prepared.
When we do this exercise we will remember you, we will love you and we will pray for all of you who have a memory with us. You are in our heart, and we are in yours. We will never feel alone, and you will never be anything but loved, and honored and celebrated.
Happy anniversary Charlie.....
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Being innocent does not mean being ignorant
These are our thoughts feelings and experiences. We accept responsibility for them. We understand your journey may be different. We honor and respect that. Wishing you effortless joy. Eloise and Jake
Being innocent does not mean being ignorant. It is possible to experince all the challenges and traumas of life and surface with innocent wisdom, and and not hardened anger. I wonder what would happend today if i proceeded with an innocent attitude as if nothing bad had ever happened to me. (cause in reality nothing bad ever has.) Everything in my life has given me a gift
I wrote that several days ago on facebook. And all day as i felt myself tense up, i just reminded myself that I was innocent and loving. It was a great day!
Being innocent does not mean being ignorant. It is possible to experince all the challenges and traumas of life and surface with innocent wisdom, and and not hardened anger. I wonder what would happend today if i proceeded with an innocent attitude as if nothing bad had ever happened to me. (cause in reality nothing bad ever has.) Everything in my life has given me a gift
I wrote that several days ago on facebook. And all day as i felt myself tense up, i just reminded myself that I was innocent and loving. It was a great day!
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