May
20
2012
‘Nature’ shows us what is important, and our bodies teach us also; intellect (thinking) is best used to understand, to interpret … not to dictate from out-of-date beliefs based on what we think we know of history, our apparent past.
Daydreaming, desiring, preferring and intending are quite different.
Does a tree hold only all its dead leaves? Or even onto all its fruit? No, new leaves, new growth replaces the old. Does a tree choose not to grow this spring just because last year was a drought? No, not if this season is perfect for growing!
We have got to let go of the past, of the stuff no longer needed, the stuff no longer required for going forward into our Greatness.
Each day, each hour, we have this opportunity ~ we can let go of the past, and the past decisions, and take the risk of knowing and being our Greatness by rewriting our History!
Sometimes it is our body telling us, or nature, children at play, traffic lights, anything … they are all our Self communicating whatever we need to know right now.
If it hurts or is uncomfortable, we know to let go.
If it feels great, appreciate : )
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
19
2012
I like to “Follow my Bliss” … this has involved a few detours, but it is Great to be able to get back to Following our Bliss whenever we remember to do so again!
Following Bliss really means “Feeling our Bliss” … finding the feeling within us and choosing to continue to feel it.
Without Bliss to Follow/Feel, we can become stuck in life feeling overwhelmed with mundane issues … wondering what this is all about … going round in circles just making ends meet … and so easily distracted by money, competition and drama.
And then something reminds us of our choice to Follow our Bliss; opening a window of opportunity to do so again.
Even chores can stop being ‘a chore’ when we are Following/Feeling Our Bliss because they become part of the Bliss. Part of the excitement of Progressing, knowing we are reading/understanding the signs (omens) and now know what to do next.
Feeling Bliss, is feeling great, which is confirmation of our right decisions and choices.
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
18
2012
As Healing happens in this Present Moment … any Present Moment, it is not about processing the past; it IS about progressing into how we feel in this moment. So, instead of Healing ~ do Feeling.
We are aiming for feeling Cheerfulness, Pure Happiness, Bliss, a Higher Love; in a word: JOY … which ever path gets us to Joy fastest is the RIGHT Path! There is NEVER only any one Right Answer or Path. So, just CHOOSING one, any one, so we can get on with our Journey is the key! When we hang in limbo, processing … we ain’t Progressing. The Answer/Path that has us feeling a little or a lot better, is the Right One.
From that little step, we take the next tentative step … which is why it is best to be in Present Time knowing how we are feeling … so we can feel our Feelings the moment our we slide into “yuck” again (you know, the Hot’n’Cold/”Yum”n”Yuck” treasure hunting game ~ with Joy as the Treasure). If we are starting to feel “yuck,” we KNOW to STOP and redirect our self toward JOY again.
Many personalities figure they can use Will Power to force a Solution, hence paying lots of $s to get Healed, jump out of aeroplanes with a parachute, or get a nose job, etc … but it all comes back to being Aware of our Feelings/Consciousness and Allowing Consciousness to guide us. Whether we stay or go, do or don’t … there are NO accidents. All roads lead nowhere, NOW HERE. It is our choice which ones we take. I just push the concept of choosing the fun and easy ones! And we do that by believing that is what we are doing!
Now, there is an exception to the rule … and this is when we are quite convinced that we are living out the consequences of a decision we made some time ago. I have some very good news … we can use the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to release our attachment to any decision, effectively dissolving them!
Using a Set-up phrase something like: “Even though I previously made the decision to …. live this way …. but now I know I don’t want to any more, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
That’s it, that’s all there is to it … now get back to feeling Joy! Progress and leave the processing to those who want to keep their life stuck in a time warp of endless processing! Live what you REALLY want NOW!!!
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
17
2012
As we continue to expect and allow great positive outcomes for each and every situation .¸¸.•´¯`»✿◕ ♥.¸¸.•´¯`»✿◕ we can continue to receive them!
What? That’s not happening yet? Are you telling me you’re not doing this positive expectancy attitude yet? And/or that the results are just not the positive outcomes you are consciously expecting?
Well, then it’s time to do something about it! Using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) we can clear the Path (including any clutter in the subconscious mind) between our self and our Self (our two Streams of Consciousness; consciousness and Consciousness)… with a Set-up Phrase something along the lines of: “Even though I don’t have …. what I want … yet, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
16
2012
When we are Choosing to walk the Middle Balanced Way we lean first on one leg then the other. We walk first to the right as we take a step, then to the left as we take the next step, then to the right again, and the left again … and our spiritual journey unfolds.
Alternating between our masculine and feminine energies ~ keeping our self balanced and upright; we somehow find our Way. Often, it is only as we look back do we become Aware of our Journey; the Path we have already travelled providing us with hints as to the Path we are travelling/living.
We learn from experience not to lean too far to the right; because too much control (from the left brain) stifles creativity.
We also learn that leaning too much to the left leaves us floundering with no purpose as right brain does not make decisions or judgements, yet decisions and judgements about what we are feeling and thinking produce our Progress. (The left brain drives the right side of our body and vice versa.)
We have heard that “standing still” puts us at the risk of being run over. DOES IT? Sometimes our Intuition says “wait here,” as there is a contact or information coming our way now. We can miss these gentle messages if we are too busy trying to make life happen. I recommend we stay centred in our Path, keeping both feet firmly planted, grounded and balanced allowing Energy/Consciousness to flow in and out … everything has its right time, right place and right reasons …
Trusting our Progress in materialising our dreams is a Right Attitude, just as standing and holding our focus, our Middle Way, in mind is a Right Action when and if it Feels Right to do so. Until we are Inspired to do a different Action that is!
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
15
2012
Through witnessing/observing my thoughts over the years, I have noticed that I often spent more time out of “Present Time” (and out of touch with how I REALLY felt) because I was being anxious (a habitual emotion based on out-of-date beliefs) about the outcomes of my choices.
Yet, I had made my choices/decisions with Intuition (Consciously Choosing; being Aware of my Choices) each step of the way for years and years and could therefore trust my progress in materialising my dreams!
So now, if I ever slip back into anxiety over future outcomes I let the anxiety go with a round of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). Using a set-up phrase something like: “oops even though I’m doing anxiety over …. this outcome …. I deeply and completely love and accept myself.” Thus returning myself into sacred Present Time … because here and now I have the most wonderful feeling of positive expectation!
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
14
2012
We are creating our good health with our healthy thoughts …
and when this does not seem true ~
we have the opportunity to use our health to guide us in healing our thoughts! ♥
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
13
2012
Know Thy Self … Do what Thy Self came to do!
Knowing our Self is of paramount importance … that is why so much ‘conditioning’ is keeping us from knowing our Self.
Firstly who is our Self? Easy … Consciousness/God/our Spirit/Spirituality. It is more than a “Soul.” The concept of a Soul is limited by old descriptions from thought-controlling religions and traditions. Self/Consciousness/God is the omnipresent Creative Intelligent Energy that is everything we think, feel, and experience through our senses … including our self/consciousness and including our conscious & subconscious minds.
OK, back to my statement: Know Thy Self … Do what Thy Self came to do!
Now, don’t start on the “But Marianne, I would if I knew what my purpose was/is!” excuse/justification, because it won’t get you far with me. I tried that attitude for awhile … all it did was waste a decade or two of my life! Well, that’s a bit harsh, because even when I was unconscious of my Path, I was still on it, chalking up experiences to later learn from each time I woke up (yep, more than once!). Just because we lose sight of our Path, doesn’t mean its gone … we just have to want it back for it to return.
Self guides us on this, our Path. Guiding us to Consciousness (Home), to Awareness of it’s Self.
Initially, while we are charging around like headless chooks working hard, playing hard, drinking and dancing hard and generally keeping ourselves busy and distracted with all sorts of emotions (often rather like a roller-coaster journey), Consciousness guides us via experiences. Yep, there are no mistakes or accidents in who we end up in relationships with, jobs we commit to, car accidents, illnesses, etc … they all lead us to being in the right place at the right time with the right people for the right reasons … now here. So don’t try to tell me they lead you nowhere … you are now here in the right place at the right time for the right reasons, etc. [Did you miss it? nowhere = now-here, one of those messages hidden in plain view in our language!]
For those of us using conscious awareness of our feelings, life can become a lot less dramatic (read: less like an emotional roller-coaster ride), as we get to know our Self via our feelings. Our feelings (like our experiences) are guiding us Home to Conscious Awareness of Consciousness/our Spirit. When we feel “good,” we are on track, on our Path to being, doing and having Consciousness consciously. When we feel “yuck” we have become distracted again.
Good News: all we need to do is STOP for a moment and observe what is not working and visualise OUR positive opposite that would make us feel “good” again … then Allow our Self to guide us to that “good” feeling space. We can Allow our Self to Provide the life experiences, home, relationships, health, clean air & water, etc for us to experience what we are focusing our “third eye” our conscious mind on … so be sure to focus on what you REALLY want, rather than what you don’t want!
If you find yourself stuck focusing on what you don’t want (don’t panic, it just means you have slipped into the old habit of allowing yourself to be emotionally distracted), use the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) (or something like it) to release the emotional attachment to this “out-of-date” desire and then go back to focusing on what you DO REALLY WANT. Daydreaming about what you REALLY want is healthier than grumbling about what you don’t want!
And, let us not forget “Thoughts.” Our Thoughts are truly Creative. With or without feelings, thoughts are Creative. We can blandly (without feeling) focus on a thought … and it manifests/materialises based on all we have associated with it both consciously and subconsciously. Hence the wide variance in outcomes. All those thoughts (including beliefs and decisions) we have accumulated in our subconscious mind over a life-time (or more) are either helping or hindering our desires. Well, they would be if we didn’t USE a method of clearing them and/or over-ride them by simply focusing on what we NOW REALLY want with clear intent/Clarity and Actions that demonstrate our new found Clarity/Intention (ie Walking our Talk/new Thoughts).
As we do this, we start receiving direct communication from Consciousness in the form of Thoughts … Intuition and Insights, that seem to just arrive from a slightly different Source than the rest of our deductive thinking. Yes, Self is our Source. This means we are mentally open to conversing with Self/Consciousness/God. No, I am not talking about speaking with other entities or even aspects of our self … this is about us getting to know our Self/Consciousness. And for many of us we go through stages of psychic experiences in which we feel we are communicating with other entities such as Spirit Guides, Angels, ghosts, even alive people via mental telepathy or even conscious verbal/written communication (you know, with the people in our life!) … they are all aspects of our Consciousness just as each of those experiences were guiding us Home to Consciousness. If the communication feels “good” … GREAT. If it feels “yuck,” stop the current conversation and go back to focusing on what you REALLY WANT. Hint: the positive opposite to what is happening at the time!!! … Self leaves obvious breadcrumbs, Keep It Super Simple ~ KISS!
And finally, Knowing Thy Self involves Knowingness. The Spiritual experience of Knowing Consciousness is Aware of us, the “me”/”I”/self and that we are Aware of Consciousness “working”/”existing”/Creating us and through us. And Knowing that this is a very personal/individual experience found through an Inner Journey of Allowing all aspects of our self to feel “good”… not one we can teach or be taught, but one that we Learn. Knowing It is including all our desires, which are never by accident, but are a combination of Self and self Flowing with Oneness and Duality, the two Streams of Consciousness co-existing in us NOW, in this moment, and all moments we experience, both at the same time.
At this point we have “achieved” (well, actually we have Allowed) the goal to both Know our Self, and Do what We came (created our self) to do. Being our Self here and now on Planet Earth in this most amazing Dimension of Consciousness is the ultimate Bliss (if you don’t agree, I’d take a guess and assume you have not Felt this yet). We do not need to leave or experience other “Dimensions” (merely the New Age equivalent to “Heaven,” where the grass is always ‘greener!’ ie distracting us from Knowing our True Consciousness/Spirituality that is Here and Now!). We can just STOP and Observe and get clear on what we REALLY want NOW.
Don’t continue to be tricked into thinking it has to be a more complicated ‘process,’ ‘technique’ or ‘religion’ that requires spending more fiat money, or even emotion or physical effort on your behalf! There is very little Progress in processing in my experience; as compared to the Progress found in Clarity and the repeated focusing of Intention/Consciousness)! Be Aware of the conditioning designed to keep you feeling “yuck.” Choose instead to feel “good” feelings NOW! : )
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
12
2012
I’m adding my simple approach to the symptoms of the Common Cold (I agree it’s common!! Because CONFUSION is a conditioned state of mind in our culture! We apparently need ‘Big Brother’ to tell us how to think and behave, but being what he tells us contradicts what we feel to be true for us … hence widespread confusion.) And confusion spreads like a virus!! We pick up this nasty little virus in a conversation and next thing you know: WHAM we are hit by the same indecisiveness that is going around.
The Positive Opposite to ‘confusion’ is: CLARITY.
A cold, sniffle, runny nose, sore sinus, etc – any one of these symptoms on their own, or combined, is our first sign of low immunity (so get some real energy into your body, breathe FRESH AIR, and if you are into eating, then eat REAL food from the garden that has vitamin C in it!) AND low self nurturing in the real sense (confusion to our worthiness maybe?) … a lack of Sacred Selfish decisions (I’m not talking about fluffy sacred selfish pampering or merely relaxing, or avoidance via entertainment).
I am talking about assertive razor sharp decisions that clearly show us our Way as we demonstrate (because a decision is not a decision until we ACTION it) to ourselves by “walking our talk” with the congruency and confidence we need to feel, to feel GOOD!
Cold symptoms are telling us that due to our lack of Sacred Selfish decisiveness, we now have to STOP and choose a different path, or step on our Path. The Cold is a sign post/communication from Self/Consciousness saying: “Wrong way!” Or “This way feels YUCK!”
When it includes a temperature … we are angry at our self for allowing our self to be manipulated off our Path (again).
When it’s in our third eye (behind our forehead), its confusion over what we are seeing (we are confused as to why we are creating this current reality/drama as our Path … rather than just choosing another one). Create some Clarity! I use my Creative Goal Setting Program for this.
When it’s in our head, it’s confusion over what we are thinking (we are confused with our current thinking process … probably over-analysing or criticising again, rather than just choosing better feeling thoughts to create a better reality with some Clarity).
When it’s in our nose/sinus … confusion over what or why we need to cry about something. Denying grief. Not allowing our self to let go of the past and choose a new Path, or next step on our Path. We know when we are in denial when our nose is BLOCKED. We are stubbornly blocking our Truth from our self due to fear of Knowing It!! Relax, we can allow the tears to flow through our sinus again, AND Allow our Higher Truth to Flow into our Awareness with them … through our mouth for now! As in, breathe AIR/Consciousness in and out through our unimpeded/unfiltered wide open mouth! And enjoy the Healing gained at the same time!
When it’s in our throat, it’s confusion about what we need to say and/or how to say it (probably because we aren’t saying what we REALLY want to say yet … as though something or someone is in the way of our truth … yes, US!! It is our fear)! Many of us can relate to being conditioned into NOT speaking our Truth! Our REAL Truth. Well, we need to at least tell Our self/Self … have this very important conversation with Consciousness/Self/God NOW!
When it’s in our lungs/heart, it’s confusion about who and what we love versus who/what we apparently should love (we are so conditioned with believing in spiritual separation, that we have forgotten to love our Self), so there is confusion over choosing our Path with a passionate Love for Self/Consciousness … our REAL Spiritual Path has been forsaken for some conditioned response or cultural norm (we can thank religion for this) ~ again!
Influenza includes a temperature, stiff or aching limbs, and sometimes nausea. This is when we are boiling with anger about being enslaved/bound/tricked into playing an un-win-able “game” and feel unable to move beyond, restricted … hence why it is usually about money, marriage and/or primary relationships, but not limited to these (for kids, its often about the education game/trap or parents trying to enforce out-of-date restrictive rules based on some silly traditions … whereas boundaries based on feelings are valid!). And in fear of change (if nausea is included), at having to take personal responsibility for changing our perception. Sometimes it seems so much easier to let someone else do all the hard work for us, so we just want to crawl into a dark hole and die (… yep, I know what a bad cold feels like!) … but this is just conditioned apathy … and now you know you are really low on the Emotional Tone Scale! Because we could choose a “higher Emotional Tone” and relax, take a nap, meditate, or be creative … doing something gentle, yet Sacredly Selfish … and PROGRESSIVE that allows our Clarity to kick in!
None of this matters, if we just use the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on each symptom … rather than ANALysing our confusion … and move/progress onto the Clarity our Self is demanding of self and PROVIDING self with (but self is apparently resisting this) … by relaxing into visualising what we REALLY want with more CLARITY. If the cold is still there, then we haven’t STOPPED doing the confusion yet. We cannot do Clarity and confusion at the same time!!! So we need to choose which one and do it, then practise it (repetition) until we are excellent at it!
I choose to be excellent at Clarity!
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com
May
11
2012
To every problem there is always at least one solution.
We are blessed with the ability to think (and ask) using words to create solutions … yet the biggest mistake we most often make is the assumption that we must produce a solution with our thinking. And it gets worse: produce a solution to each and every problem we encounter, ourselves! Often done by referring to past scholars, technical journals, instruction books, by ringing a friend, etc.
This myth is perpetuated by our schooling, in which we are taught “answers” rather than encouraged to learn for ourselves. We are taught there is (usually) only one “right answer” (with only a few exceptions to this rule) – thus competition of the minds, between peers, is encouraged to find/have the one “right answer!” And sadly, so many are taught to only refer to past texts (written sources of information) for their answers; thus demonstrating the validity (usually interpreted as “truth”) of their answer/solution. This makes education rather similar to religion, a complex indoctrination on what is believed to be the source of “right answers.”
This of course creates a group or class of more elite academic people, those who apparently “know” the right answers. And sadly our culture gives them kudos, awarding them … obviously, I am not so easily impressed with people’s ability to regurgitate past ideas, especially if they have found ways to make them more complex (read: confusing) and apparently out of the intellectual reach of the rest of us mere mortals.
Yet those of us straying from this religiously educated path (and similar teachings) by choosing learning over academia, discover an infinite source of Wisdom in every question and/or problem … because Consciousness is both Intelligent and Creative … and available to ALL … and can, and does, Provide Answers and Solutions! All we need do is ASK!
‘Asking’ is an ACTION as required by the “Law of AttrACTION” … as is ‘Allowing’ ‘Hearing,’ and/or ‘Receiving’ the Answers and/or Solutions.
So, instead of referring to written text (including this text), ask your Self/Consciousness specific questions that include “How” and/or “What” and then Allow the answers to manifest in your mind, or materialise in your physical reality. It is time for us to FIND and Know new Answers, Solutions … as many of the current ones are causing a lot of pain and dis-ease (as intended by the original authors/manipulators!).
We can look outside what is considered to be “normal” or “normally correct” (as in change our perception) and find new and exciting evidence of our Intelligence and Creativity … Consciousness … that can, and does, Provide all that we want and need to BE happy and healthy together on (or off) Planet Earth NOW!
We do not need to refer to others for validation for this to work … it just does, so DO IT … ask your Self/Consciousness What to do next (or How to do something) and Allow the Answers you receive to guide you (put them into action and modify them as you go based on further How/What questions). Sometimes the answers arrive in the form of people helping us, or written texts showing up in the right place at the right time; but our Answers and Solutions are never limited to these forms.
Marianne Thorne
Attitude Coach
www.CreativeGoalSetting.com