Expansion Encounters - with Dusty
"We are As One In the year Two thousand and one."
Thank you to all of you who continue to support Life Now and our ventures!
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If you prefer to read this online, you will find it as
July, 2001
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Continuing with our summer activities, prepping for Shawn's college ventures in a little over a month from now, have kept us on a sensitive roller coaster. Once he is "there," all will be well. He's an only child so we are all experiencing our various emotions.
My heart throb activities continue to be filled with submitting articles to publishers online. I received acceptance this week for an article for Homeschooling Today and have several being "held." It is an exciting venture!
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And with that, I share a poem:
Joy is a circle,
infinite.
Joy is a sphere,
full of love.
When love expands,
joy bubbles over.
Joy is deep contentment;
relaxed, as a sleeping child.
A warm and happy feeling.
Joy is bubbly;
a luxury of being pampered.
Joy is fizzley, sparkling,
effervescent, fresh.
Joy is a feeling
of touching lives
with all life -
Being content.
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Balancing Emotions
Each being's personality provides a unique emotional life. Some have a healthy emotional balance. Others are ecstatically happy one minute and totally depressed the next. Others are happy most of the time and still others are down in the pits a big share of the time.
Emotions are an important part of life. The prime factor is to be aware and choose the desirable balance. Seeing self objectively and lovingly is a first step.
Many people are afraid of change and would rather cling to the unfavorable traits and circumstances in their lives, which have certainty, rather than risk a change into the unknown. It is sometimes frightening to let go of old ways of dealing with life.
Maybe there is attachment to a condition with a fear of losing a part of self if it is discarded. Rejuvenation doesn't happen by remaining in the old life. We continue to choose each moment. We have power to begin anew each moment and have what we desire.
Sometimes it takes practice to temper emotions, to control them with reason. We teach ourselves, through outside influences, to express or repress certain emotions.
A baby is an emotional being. His emotions have not been tempered yet. If he is upset, he cries. If he is happy, he smiles. If he is mad, he screams. Tempering comes from outer and inner demands. If emotion is not tempered, the extremes happen.
What are the results when we trust our feelings, intuition and experience? If there is a decision to make, the emotions may take part. It is important to evaluate any adverse indications. Are facts being avoided when making the decision? This shows acceptance of emotions as the test for truth.
Unfavorable, subjective feelings may cause trauma in any variety of situations, from trivial to serious. Observation simply brings awareness of the distinction between inner guidance and self-doubt or judgment. Making the distinction builds confidence.
If unfavorable feelings are seeping through, we can acknowledge them. We can see them for what they are. We learn the lesson, correct the error and choose again. We move on.
Can we write a description of our perfect day? Is it different than what we are experiencing?
Transformation occurs when we make the surrender to God. He offers peace. Love becomes a desire of the heart. Love heals and restores the full and natural power. Allowing only favorable emotions to rule brings the highest values.
What principle holds the highest value? Happiness? Joy? Compassion? Gratitude? Love? Do we experience our highest value frequently? What can we do to bring it into constant being?
Acceptance is the first level of love. Love is in the present. It is the essence of life. Content in the moment, where we are, who we are with, what we are doing, what we have, and an overall satisfaction with life. Once this state becomes our experience, truths are revealed.
Attainment of desires become possible. Joy comes through acceptance of what is happening. With God as the Source, we move into life affirmatively. We let go and let God support us. This truth may be a revelation as willingness, understanding, wisdom, capability of making choices, or taking responsibility by not blaming outside sources.
Love and other favorable emotions are primarily an orientation of character. There are many types of love, many types of joy and happiness.
We have the ability to orient self to the type desired and required in the moment. If it is compassion, the heart opens to the other person. If it is parental love, response comes with the reaction that offers understanding. If it is romantic love, the desire for union with another is revealed. With a healthy personality, we touch and receive any of the emotions required at any particular moment.
When I am in awareness, I realize what I need in the moment. When I need joy, I surround myself with happy people. When I am ready to be more serious, I keep more to myself or associate with friends with whom I can freely discuss serious thoughts. Experiencing a depth of communication with friends or family brings me to a higher, happier and outgoing level. Seldom do I hit the low side because I choose not to do so.
God has been opening my heart to compassion. It is coming naturally and I feel His love in this learning experience. Compassion is one inner rose blossom that is essential to cultivate. To be able to hurt and cry with someone as though it were self and a genuine understanding are essential.
No matter what the circumstances, accepting self is vital for healthy and effective growth. Assurance in self means assurance in the ability to create what one wants in life. We can not have dissatisfaction and make any effective changes at the same time.
Dissatisfaction and change are actions. With both of these in contrast to one another, efforts are worthless. These must both come to a stand-still to prevent scattered energies. They must focus on a central truth.
What receives attention increases because it is attention that feeds it. Energies must be brought to a focal point, love for self.
Once there is attainment of the fulfillment of love, we can begin to ask if personal satisfaction and gratification are the most fulfilling goals. If not, is the deepest meaning in life to be found in a committed relationship of love for others?
The popular trend of selfish desires, "What can I get out of life for myself," leaves an emptiness. This cannot be filled unless we turn to giving of self, rather than only taking to self.
Selfish and self-love are opposites. A selfish person, along with not being able to love others, cannot love self, either. Selfishness leaves an emptiness and unhappiness. In turn, there is an attempt to compensate by taking all one can get. This is only an unsuccessful attempt to care for self.
Self love has a different meaning. The capacity for healthy love for life, happiness, growth and freedom, gives the capacity to genuinely love others. Giving of self in love brings communion with God.
We are each individual, unique expressions of God. It is from this truth that we are able to love ourselves and others.
Joy is already within. It is waiting for an outlet to offer the deep sense of love and contentment, a very warm, comfortable feeling.
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Here are a few sites I find very worthwhile. I will be including those of subscribers so, if you have a site and think I might not be aware of it, let me know!
Avitar Search
New Earth News
Ms Sunshine's Garden
Indoma's Place
Spirit Quest Magazine
Visionary artist, Carol Sakai creates portraits, Yoga sculptures and Floral Masterpieces.
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Enjoy every moment to the fullest! - Dusty
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