Spirit Minded

We all create our reality with our thoughts and feelings....literally from the Inside---out! Our feelings and thoughts manifest into what we call our "reality," in other words, our "life situations/experiences," or whatever you wish to call them. Sounds like a big responsibility, but whether you wish to realize this, or ignore it, it IS a choice, as is everything. If we relax into the knowing that we are responsible for our life, then we have the power to change it. Blame to others and to situations that cause problems only leaves us feeling powerless, and actually renders us powerless (as you cannot give away anything that you do not "own"). For, as said in the movie, "The Secret," by Rhonda Bryne, "Whether you think you can't or can...either way you are right."

By taking the initial step of consideration that our thoughts and feelings do indeed create our reality, you have begun to start the experience of a wonderful, joyful, abundant and happy life...that is, once you get the true "feeling" of understanding.

Our thoughts are unlimited, and hence, so are we. We are true reflections of God, which is Love...the Source of Everything, and the only "Real" and true Energy in the Universe....Life, Love, Truth, Abundance, Peace....all these things are God, and we are That. We, therefore, have that "creative" power to create our reality, and we do that simply, effortlessly, and oftentimes, without realization that we are creating our reality, literally all the time! We will create reactively and unconsciously, that is, until we don't; until we are conscious of that truth.

And this concept and realization is my reason for starting this blog. To inform, give to our community, to all of you, to uplift the planet's consciousness, to create a better Now....which is actually giving to myself, as we are all connected...truly there is only One Supreme Being sitting here, and our reality consists of that glorious Being manifested into individual units of Loving Energy, called "Souls," "Life Forms," etc.

We are all on this journey together, to discover this wonderful realization and then to manifest the most glorious experience of Life possible!

This, I know for sure.

Connecting to Source, realizations will occur....we can all do this, and we do...the only question is are we doing this consciously or unconsciously? The more awareness we place on what we feel and think, the more we will be able to create Consciously, rather than unconsciously, or reactively.

Join me to view some realizations that have literally occurred from "The Inside---Out!"

Many Blessings!

Ellen Angelica Pendergast

So many times we limit ourselves…delay our good, make excuses for our lives and why we can’t or won’t allow happiness, abundance, peace, and/or Love into our life experience….Why?

It’s always about ‘fear;’ we want but do not feel ‘ready.’ We go under the guise of ‘it’s not time,” or “I need to heal,” or “It just has to wait until the right time,” etc. The truth is that there is no “time.” There is only Now. And if you choose to delay your good, but saying it’s not time, or that you need to heal, you are merely postponing and limiting your life experience to experiencing less moments of Love and happiness…that is All you are doing, and you are Being in the World, and OF it, rather than being in the World, but not of it. In other words, you are being a human whom is limiting your own good, and you will do that, until you do not.

We do this because we have forgotten the REAL reason we incarnated to this Planet…to experience life, and that means, to LIVE! We come here filled with enthusiasm and joy and wonder and excitement, and then allow others, their views, their experiences, their thoughts….to influence us, and worse yet, we STOP being Happy.

Yes, we stop Being Happy, and then wonder why more things to be sad about show up! The truth is that bad things sometimes happen (and in this writing, Bad being used as a relative term, as there is really nothing ‘bad,’ save for the definition we give it!), but nevertheless, we decide how we are going to respond to a situation/ event, and then we basically build a ‘life’ from there. We decide to react to something we call ‘bad,’ and then ‘feel’ badly about it, because it is expected. By whom, you may ask? By US. We cannot possibly hear bad news and just cast it off, at least not openly. We hear of a death, and immediately go into a somber mood, mostly for the other person’s benefit, and secretly glad it’s ‘not us.’

As stated in Neale Donald Walsch’s new book, “When Everything Changes, Change Everything,” the truth is that life is all “PERSPECTIVE,” and we then “PERCEIVE” our world accordingly, (and oftentimes that includes placing ‘limits’ either on ourselves, or others). We then experience EMOTIONS based on how we perceive, and then have a THOUGHT about it. Next, we exhibit some sort of BEHAVIOR in relation to that emotion, and then our REALITY/life experience shows up….which, by the way….leads us again to a PERSPECTIVE….and the circle is complete.

Therefore, the most important thing you can do is to first of all DECIDE what your perspective is….in other words, what are you BEING in relation to any given situation? Are you Being ‘limiting,’ “abundant,” “sad,” “happy,” etc.”

Remember, your perspective becomes your perception, which becomes your emotions, which become your thoughts, which become your behavior, which becomes your life experience…..

How to first change your perspective? No matter what happens, seek Gratitude….no matter what the situation, ……and once again, that truly DOES changes EVERYTHING!

Forgetting usually implies a negative connotation. If we forget an appointment, date (such as an anniversary or birthday), we usually experience guilt or are treated in a way that we feel very uncomfortable. We are even fined oftentimes if we forget a dental or doctor appointment, and the justification is that we ‘wasted’ that professionals time, in that another patient could have been seen in our time slot.

For the most, forgetfulness has been looked upon by our social society with distain. But let’s take a good look at what the term ‘forgetfulness,’ can, and does, also mean.

When we incarnated into our physical structures, we had placed a ‘veil of forgetfulness’ upon us. Why? To insure that this ‘life experience’ would be pure as possible. If we remembered who we Really Are, in other words, where we were before (in the Absolute, where only Love resides), we would not be able to experience life events in their purest form, meaning completely innocent and with wide-eyed wonder.

For, how can we ‘wake up,’ unless we are first asleep?

Once we ‘become aware, and wake up to the truth of who we are (a Spirit having a human experience), only then can we create and EXPERIENCE awareness, and Heaven.

So, as we forget, let us enjoy that experience, for the life events that happen, whether good or bad, help us to accomplish that awakening/remembering, and then the ‘fun’ truly begins!

For, as stated in Neale Donald Walsch’s book, ‘The Littlest Soul and The Sun,’ no matter what the circumstances, or life events, or how many times we (or someone else) may forget and hurt us, either intentionally or unintentionally, “….We are given nothing but Angels.”

To challenge someone, let’s say in a duel, means that you are being called upon to show ‘who you are;’ and in that sense, life’s challenges are just that….only with life challenges, we are called upon to display who we Really Are….

The capitalization of those two words, “Really and Are,” basically mean our Real Self…our Divine, Higher Self; some call it a Soul…some call it “God” in physical form. Whatever the name, we are referring to that True Self; the Divinity that we Really Are.

A challenge, therefore is nothing more than an opportunity to show US that part of Self we often are not even aware of, unless we are… For to Experience ourselves in our God-State, or what some may refer to as our “Christed Self,” or Christ Consciousness is truly what we are ‘up to.’ And that is because our pure and only Real aspect of who we are is…A Spirit Having A Human Experience.

As challenges may come along, and as we are incarnated as a Human Being, we get to decide what we wish to be in relation to that challenge, with the ultimate goal: to choose and decide to Be that Divine Self, that which some call Love. To be Loving at all times is what a Master is, for a Master sees all the world as aspects of his True Self, for in reality, there is only One Being sitting here….and we are all part of that Oneness, called God. Therefore, a Master never ‘curses the darkness,’ for he/she knows that it is all Sacred, all Divine, and that fear and darkness are but illusions; they, and other life experiences and challenges, are sent to himself by himself, to define Self.

For when it finally comes to what we are doing here, we are living a life that is filled with ‘challenges,’ which are really only opportunities in disguise, to help us experience, “Who We Really Are,” and all life’s events are based on our perspective of that Holy Perception….for when you know who you Really Are, and live that, you then experience Heaven….

And that Nivana, that Holy Place sought by all, is truly in our “One Mind,” which is always with us, and is always……..Here Now.

We recently have heard, from many self-healing books, seminars, workshops, and both Messengers and Masters, that Gratitude is the key to a good life. Many, however, cannot seem to feel gratitude when hard times hit. The reason being, we usually tend to focus on what we do not have at that moment in our lives, rather than what we do have. In other words, we just cannot seem to feel happy when things are not going our way, when we are not getting what we want, or when something ‘bad’ happens, etc. (Sadly, some do not even feel grateful when something good has happened, but that will be saved for another time!)

We instead, when something happens in our reality that we do not desire, actually focus on it consistently, forgetting everything else around us. This not only comes in the form of forgetting that we do have our good health, if we do, or that we have our children, spouses, family, but we even forget we have a place to live, enough food, a bed to sleep on, or just the fact we can walk around, hear, see, talk, etc. We seem to fall into a feeling of ingratitude…not even seeming to care about what we DO have….that is, until those things we do have suddenly go away…then, of course, more focus on what we had lost, etc.

How to stop this pattern? Can you really get to that place of gratitude when things are NOT going well?  (for a complete guide to establishing gratitude in our daily lives, please view ‘The Magic,’ by Rhonda Bryne).

This past weekend, I attended the “Celebrate Your Life” conference, thanks to a dear friend’s early birthday present to me. It was a joyous occasion; I sat in from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. with one of my most inspirational and favorite author’s Neale Donald Walsch, and met with many like-minded, spiritual individuals, selling their wares, informing many ways to heal and focus on self-help, etc.

What I found most interesting in that so many I met, especially in the workshop I attended, seemed impatient and ungrateful for their time at this conference. Many spoke with distain and frustration, with statements such as, “how many books do I have to buy to GET IT!” Comments such as those helped me to realize that it’s not about the ‘stuff;’ it’s all about US! What does that mean? It means you won’t ‘get it,’ until you do, no matter what you buy or how many seminars you attend. I noticed how not one person expressed gratitude for the authors and speakers that took their time, to spend four days, lecturing at this conference. Nor had one person I met expressed gratitude at the fact that somehow they had received the money to attend this conference. I never heard any gratitude from anyone, except from one woman, who stood up and thanked Mr. Walsch (Conversations With God, Book 1)for his information he gave that day in our workshop, and from my dear friend whom sat next to me at the workshoop, whom always is stating her gratitude for her blessings, her friends, her children, and her life.

In other words, most of the people there had forgotten who they Really Are….that they are Spirits having a human experience, and that what they think and feel vibrates at a certain frequency, imprinting on the Invisible, Formless Substance, that some call “God,” and that when they are in a state of ingratitude, rather than gratitude, they then experience in their reality more events to feel distressed about….in other words, they are not grateful for what they have, which tells the Universe/God, “I feel ungrateful,” and the Universe/Formless Sacred Substance, replies, “yes you DO,” and so something more then eventually appears in their reality, which they again feel upset and ungrateful for…and it goes on and on until it does not.

I see people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they do not like. I see people buy things to have them and never touch them again once they are home; I see people searching and searching, and loving the search, but not wishing to do the research, work or give time to actually be the change they wish for in their lives…..Most of all, I see a little of all of US, in all of them….

However, this is not a ‘scolding,’ or an ‘I told you so…” No, rather, it is an Observation to lovingly, but hopefully and quickly, wake US up!

Because the truth is, we are impatient, and when we combine that with being ungrateful, rather than grateful for EVERYTHING, change is slow and suffering continues, and that just no longer has to be true for this Planet or for Us personally…… and the reason is…….

…I see a Collective Consciousness that is heading in the right direction, and frustrated at the speed they are going ….and I see, that no matter what, there is still Hope, Honesty, Love, and the willingness to carry this through.

There is a change in our Planet’s consciousness….because, most of all, rather than ‘see’ it, I feel it, and if you take some time to go within, you will feel it too! I know how “very young’ as a human race, we really are; I also know that our Souls are One Soul, and infinitely as old and as wise, much more than we can ever comprehend….for we are all “God,” in physical form, and however long it takes, it’s so important, if nothing else, to be aware….if only to just be grateful that we are breathing…if that’s all you feel you can do at this moment, it is enough for now.

Be Patient with yourself…be gentle with yourself….everything is unfolding as it should, and as our young generation states, “it’s All Good.”

And that alone, is something to be very grateful about.

We are Spirits having a human experience, but sometimes we just do not feel that way, do we?

No, instead we feel very much alone, separate, even from God. What to do when that feeling comes about? Does it make any difference as to the ‘why?’ No, it does not; whatever the circumstances, we just need to re-connect, to actually re-member, who we Really Are; and to do so, is to become ‘quiet inside.’…. for isn’t that where the real problem lies?

Our world is made up by our perceptions…how we perceive a person, situation, circumstance…all is how we ‘look’ at it; therefore, going inside is the only solution to fix not only what is going on ‘outside’ of ourselves, but also to fix what is going on “inside.”

Remember, everything manifests from the Inside—Out…literally; what we perceive, think, and feel, eventually shows up on the outside of ourselves; in other words, forms and manifests our ‘reality.’

Meditation is really just whatever quiets the mind….sitting quietly, in a certain posture, is just one way to meditate…there are countless ways: reading quietly, walking quietly, painting quietly, even playing a musical instrument, and being ‘quiet inside…’

Meditation is connecting to your Soul.

….And when one does connect to ones’ Soul, one is connecting to all….and something wonderful happens…

…you realize, and KNOW, that you are never, ever alone.

Greed, implies separation, which is one of the highest statements of fear….for to not give to another, is not to give to Self.

So many of us, not meaning to hurt or abandon, do so out of conditioning….yes, ‘domestication’ from our society and family upbringing….hoarding, self-centeredness, blind ambition, competitive creation…all these indicate thoughts of separation, and come from fear, produce more fear, and actually push away all desires, all good, Peace and the experience of Love.

For Love has no greater ambition than to give; the actual expression of Love is to always give, and that is why a truly Loving and Godly relationship with one another AND with Self, is best experienced by enhancing the others’ life….which enhances Oneself.

….for we are all One, we are all part of the same Energy, and to ignore this, is to experience ‘lack’ in the truest sense, for it means that you are not giving to Self when you deny another….

….for truly, what blesses one, blesses all!

So how do we get to Mastery? What is the ‘magic’ word? The answer: Acceptance.

So many times we view our lives in retrospect, looking back and thanking God for us not marrying that ‘one special person’ we thought we could not live without….or so grateful we ran late, and missed that accident. So many whom were delayed that day in going to work at the World Trade Center on 911, attest to their gratitude for a sick child keeping them home, or a delay in traffic….in other words, ‘thanking God for unanswered prayers.’

Now what does that story have to do with ‘Mastery?’ Everything. A Master is always grateful for all life experiences, AND WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THE OUTCOME OF WHAT IS TRANSPIRING AT THAT MOMENT. That is the big difference. We, on the other hand, usually are grateful AFTER we see the ‘end’ result, whereas, a Master is grateful without having to have experienced the ‘end result.’

Why IS THIS? Because a Master knows two things; first of all, that all change is for the better, and secondly, that it gives us a chance to experience the other end of it, for to live in the world of the relative gives us free choice, and a reference point (can’t have up without down, hot without cold, etc.).

Therefore a Master welcomes all change, without judgment and without fear, for the outcome is always assured…everything is always for the highest good for all, and we all, always end up “Home.”

And that is what it means to free of an attachment to outcomes……

…..to live in the world, but not of it….in the Peace of Love…. in the Peace of God.

Life is constantly changing. That IS Life. Oftentimes we do not like change…it feels uncomfortable and unfamiliar. Sadly, even when life situations do not feel good, we usually accept them, feeling powerless to do anything about them; changing them implies fear or doubt or it just seems plain too hard, so we usually resist it unless we have ‘no choice.’ (or at least many of us think that way; however, we always do have a choice!)

What we must realize (as stated in Neale Donald Walsch’s new book, “When Everything Changes, Change Everything) is that when any situation in life becomes unstable, change WILL OCCUR. Change MUST occur for Life to continue.

Therefore, when change happens, it is ALWAYS for the good.

Stability is necessary for life to continue. Love is always consistent; true Love that is. Often we experience what we feel is Love, and then it ends, and we think Love failed us somehow. But if we are honest with ourselves, and look at the relationship objectively, it was never Love that failed, but merely the relationship became unstable, and therefore, change occurred. That’s usually when we say, “you’ve changed!”

This change could mean many things; an altering of behavior, temporary separation, divorce, or death. But some sort of change WILL occur! It must for Life to continue.

That IS LIFE. Life becoming more and more of itself….always bringing forth more life, therefore, more change. When one is feeling Love, true Love is always constant and stable. If a life experience or issue comes up that is ‘unstable’ or ‘inconsistent,’ somehow Love/Life will adapt, and a change will be the result. A Master knows this, and thereby always embraces Change with welcoming and with Love.

Therefore, never resist Change….it is ALWAYS for the Better, Always, in All Ways.

When viewing this word, ‘nutrition,’ our usual reaction is ‘food;’ however, in this situation, let’s use this word to mean ‘what is good for you…’ and you may ask, “what is really good for me?”

Most of us are aware of ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul,’ a book by Jack Canfield…basically to help us ‘feel good;’ A ‘nutrition’ book for our Soul…..However, so many of us do not feel good; anxiety, stress, depression, sadness, anger, fear, etc….all emotions that do not feel ‘good.’ And we muddle around, not really knowing what to do about it. Some self-medicate through legal and illegal drugs; others eat when they are not hungry, drink alcohol to alter their moods, gamble away their money, or just accept less in a job, relationship, etc.;  living in quiet desperation.

The sad truth is that they are altering their ‘creation machines,’ in other words, their brain. We use this organ to ‘think,’ and fooling around with this creation machine only complicates our lives, as our thoughts create our reality.

Many are not willing to believe this statement of thought; that we create our reality, and yet take for granted what is going on in the world around us. We sit at coffee cafes, surfing the net on our wireless laptops or cell phones…viewing pictures, listening to music, and not even thinking about the fact that these images and sounds are coming literally from the ‘air around us,’ and right into these ‘machines’ in front of us that we are viewing and listening from. THAT is considered the ‘norm’ for us…yet, when someone mentions that this wonderful organ inside our head can literally transmit energy waves/thoughts, that create our life experiences, it is looked at oftentimes with distain, disbelief, laughter, or just plain doubt/fear.

Quantum mechanics deals with these ideas. Most importantly, for those dear souls who are in need of some ‘proof,’ there is now evidence that our thoughts do indeed create our reality. If any has seen the movie, “What the Bleep do we know?” (available on DVD), or watched “Dr. Quantum’s slit experiment, (available on youtube.com), these are just a few small examples of how this information is finally reaching the ‘masses.’

The point of all this is to inform; to help get the message sent that Masters have been giving for centuries; that we do create our reality with our thoughts; that there is an ‘Intelligent Formless Substance,’ some call ‘God,’ “Mind,’ “force,” “Love,” etc., and from this Substance comes all forms. And by thinking a thought, it is impressed onto this Invisible Formless Substance, and that thought, form appears in our reality. If you look at Nature, you will witness how this Intelligent Form pushes out it’s Thought to create trees, animals, and Us.

There is great power in this statement, for it means that we are the ones who can do this also, as we are also that Intelligent, Formless Substance, from whence we came; (and that statement is made clear in the Bible, when The Christ proclaimed, “I and my Brethren are One”; (we are all from this Intelligent Formless Substance!)….therefore, we can and do, create everything and anything. ‘Good and Bad,’ ‘right and wrong’, up and down; depending on how we are ‘feeling.’ Because many of us are unaware or have a disbelief about this statement, we usually, and unconsciously, allow our thoughts to ‘run wild;’ that is, without giving them a ‘thought!” We literally think all these negative thoughts; say all these negative statements; complain about our lives, start feeling ‘bad,’ and then wonder why things stay the same, or actually get worse!

We listen to ‘well meaning’ friends and family members, who also have no idea that THEIR thoughts are creating their reality, and we allow them to literally intrude on us and become, worst yet, our thoughts, and then we blame the world for our problems, when all the while we have the key to creating our life, and correcting errors/mis-creations.

To experience life is to go forward. It means to become the best you can be/evolution. If you do less, then you are not giving to your community, your loved ones, to God, and to yourself, for your true value and worth are immeasurable!  Therefore, to honor yourself is to honor God.

Nutrition of the Soul….good thoughts, good companionship, good books; in other words, we need to feed our Body, our mind, and our Soul. With what? With the thoughts of good food, good books/intelligent conversation, and good feelings. To think and feel less, is to experience less.

How to start? Nothing can come to you without gratitude, for  Gratitude tells the Universe that you have something to be grateful for, and the Universe will harmonize with that statement of thanks, and give you more to be grateful for.

The Intelligent Formless Substance will give you exactly what you think….for as we have heard somewhere,  many times before…

‘…for as you have asked, I have answered…’

Mistakes….we make them, and usually make ourselves ‘pay dearly’ for them. We do this in many ways…self punishment, guilt, accidents, blame, condemnation, endless suffering, illness. And then, we oftentimes do the exact thing again! Constant repeat; constant stress, and then literally and figuratively, ‘kicking’ ourselves for our decisions/choices…again, and again, and again…….WHY DO WE DO THIS?

Once again, we do have “endless second chances.’ We secretly and most likely, unconsciously know we are really a Spirit, having a human experience. So we mess up time and time again, and the great part of all this is that we do literally have ‘all the time in the world!” Yes, that is true! We are on a journey that is really going ‘nowhere,’ or rather we are ‘now here.’ Same spelling, just a ‘different’ way of looking at the word. (Yes, this was in the Conversations With God series, by Neale Donald Walsch!)

The point of this topic is to bring to Awareness the truth of our Being; that we are Spirits on an Evolutionary Adventure, to decide what we wish to experience and to decide what we wish to be IN RELATION to that experience. There are quite a few states of “Being” to choose from….victim, villain, apathetic, angry, happy, peaceful, etc. What we decide is always up to us. We may blame others for our reactions, but in truth, we are entirely responsible for our reactions, and our creations, i.e., our Reality/life experience.

So, now that we live this every day, and in truth have ‘endless second chances,’ all it really comes down to is to understand that you can take the short way or the ‘long way home,’ and either way, it’s fine. It truly doesn’t matter, not to God/Universe. The reason is that there is really nothing else to do! WE are all experiencing our life in this physical form, choosing and creating and choosing and creating, and we get to do that FOREVER….forever and ever, world without end…Amen.

How then do you wish to spend this ‘forever?’ You can spend it having the same experience, over and over again…eventually, YOU WILL GET THE MESSAGE, and stop the suffering, unless you don’t. Some enjoy this over and over again, and then one day, suddenly they have had enough! At that moment, Transformation occurs. It may take a big thing to happen, or a million small ones, but we all do evolve, and eventually will reach The Christ Consciousness…The Christed State of Being, and in that moment, as Jesus and Buddha, and Allah, and all the Masters of Our World will attest to, you will live in this world, but not of it…you will live in perfect peace and bliss, and you will know the truth of who you Really Are, which is the most loving Energy in the Entire Universe….

…..the Loving Energy called God. You are this already….many of us just have temporarily ‘forgotten,’ (that is, until we don’t!)