Tools for Conscious Living

Being in a human body can be stressful. You never received a how-to manual when you first got here. You had to rely on what your parents and the rest of your family members taught you.

You can manifest heaven on Earth and experience wonderful relationships and joyful happenings when you generate from clear-minded, balanced, harmonious energies and listen to your higher guidance.

It is a challenge to maintain a state of good health and well-being in our world today.

Perhaps you have noticed that the energies have been rather intense for a number of months now, or maybe you haven’t noticed. There are actually two ways to go through life. One way is to “go third-dimensional” and ignore what you are feeling deep down.

I have been thinking about how people search for ways to reach a higher state of consciousness. Some use drugs; others, myself included, choose to meditate as a way to reach a higher plane of awareness.

We all have special gifts and talents, but sometimes it’s easy to doubt ourselves or feel less than if we see others who seem to excel or appear further along with their success.

Living spiritually is a choice that takes time, commitment, and effort. It also requires a willingness to take an honest look at yourself and your life and make changes. A spiritual program requires consciously acting and behaving at a higher level of love and awareness.

This month we are well immersed in the energies of 2017. This is a good time to take a moment to evaluate where we are with our goals and dreams.

The inmates I work with at the state penitentiary have very few choices. While the newer ones complain about being told what to do or being treated inconsiderately or losing privileges, the old-timers just smile. They know those things carry no weight.

God has no grandchildren. This feels like a good place to start this piece about being a conscious parent. The axiom reminds me of the words of Kahlil Gibran that our children are sent from the archer and are “the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself....