So much Love.....

Hellow Fellow Beings,

I have this amazingly powerful energy soaring through me right now, and I just wanted to share it with you. We have so much love to give each other, it is out of this world. It makes the world go round, it really does.... Money makes the world go round physically, but love makes the world go round spiritually, intangibly.... There is so much heart break and anger and bitterness in the world resulting in our unmet expectations. Humans, dear ones, you have to realize that EVERYTHING happens for a reason and the universe is sooo completely vast that we can't even wrap it around our heads!!!! It seems we get so wrapped in one thing, or 2, or 3 things that don't go our way, and we make a big fuss about it.... Well, what you need to do is expand your horizons.... there is so much out there we haven't experienced.... If we just open our minds to the limitless opportunities out there, and don't shut the door on new avenues that pop up in your day-to-day life. It is easy to be grumpy, being happy takes practice.... And persistence... And willingness. If you want to be, do, or have what you want, it takes practice.... Things aren't manifested instantaneously... Maybe if you are so aligned with your desires and your truth and openness it will come to you faster than the average joe. We are here to live consciously, in light, and in love. So in general, I have been having this keen sense of awareness that there is more to life out there than what you already have (or what you don't have!!!) I have experienced plenty of lack and hurt and disappointment in my life that I have come full circle into realizing that's where I don't need to be looking.... I need to be focusing on my abundance this moment. For that's all we have. And say you want something but it doesn't come to you. Well, then it's not meant for you to have. Everything comes into your life to teach you lessons and to help you realize your truth. People change. Everything changes. If it's not in your life for a reason, that reason is that you or them have changed. It's a different vibrational frequency that you just can't get mad at. Don't blame the world, because the world provides everything in your life for you at the right time and space of every single moment everyday. God (or the universe) wants nothing but the best for you. SO next time you get your heart broken, just remember - It will be better than it ever was. :)

New Year = New You

So welcome to the start of a new year - A big year from what I can feel so far. 2010 sounds big, and it's gonna be big. Big in the sense that a lot of transition and realization will take place, and a powerful urge to do well and move forward (such as the Olympian spirit).
Here are my quotes I gathered from insights recently (more so my resolutions for the new year/new me):
Stay away from what causes you pain and discomfort and what doesn't make you "you"
You can't control everything. The only things within your control are your reactions to situations and the choices you make
Don't focus on what you don't have, but what you do have (and it's usually right in front of you).
You can't change anything. You either accept it for what it is or accept it for what it's not.
Never settle for anything less than you deserve. And assess what it is that you deserve.
It's just as important what you don't do, as it is what you do do.
Trust yourself. Do what you want, and say what you want. No doubts or judgments upon self. Just do it if it makes you feel good.
And to quote Gordon Downie from The Tragically Hip: "you can't be fond of living in the past. Cause if you are then there is no way that you're going to last." - Wheat Kings.

May you all have a joyous and prosperous New Year 2010!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Karla

In Transition........

Greetings,

It's been a long time since I've posted. That's due to a lack of inspiration or just inspiration trying to be born.
I guess what I've learned in this time period is that there are highs and lows and it is ok to feel them. I have been in transition with my perception and acceptance to myself. I have been reading a lot of material and talking to mentors/active practioners on living the Law of Attraction. Upon hearing this newfound view of life/human existence, it is so alluring to me, that it is like living in a candyland but after awhile, you can get a tummyache from eating too much good stuff, if you've never let yourself enjoy it before. I guess it takes brains and willpower and determination in putting all this good lovely sensible wisdom into play. I guess I had to take a step back in knowing how to handle the highs/lows and find the right balance.
What's been itching on me is the act of doing. I have been inspired from articles and speakers on "Just Be, Don't Do." This energy in this time period has switched over from masculine (doing) into feminine (being)..... Well, I'll tell ya, for sure it was hard for me to get in touch with my feelings when I have been doing for so long. But now, instead of reacting to my emotions that my thoughts trigger, I sit back, pause, and switch my energy into being. "It's just a thought and thoughts can be changed" is what I learned from Louise Hays that has stuck with me since reading "You Can Heal Your Life." I used to believe everything I thought. And I would be foolish. But at the time I was unaware of my foolishness, and thought I was right.
So, the bottom line, is to just be. And when I be, I turn inward into my heart more and less in my head. And it gives me a sense of peace, love, and acceptance. And I find myself being alright with things. And I enjoy the moment more. Because when you worry, you are worrying about the future, and are actually CREATING your future with your worried thoughts - Pretty scary. I've done it many times. Now I can create my future with just "being" and enjoying the moment. And I can create my future that way. And I dream. I dream big. I picture myself the way I want to be, and the way I want to be, and what I want in my life, and I imagine it. The big mansion and the perfect loving husband with the 2 kids running around hasn't showed up yet - But all the other little stuff I wanted that I imagined has in the last few months!!! So I don't have doubts that what I truly desire in my near future won't happen. Who knows how long when. But the immediate tiny desires I wished for for a short while did. So it's true that you can create your own destiny. You can have anything you want in life if you just be, imagine, and dream. It's pretty scary. But pretty damn cool.

Technology burying human compassion?

Recently, the Dalai Lama paid a visit to Vancouver. Even though I am reading his book "The Art of Happiness," I did not go and see him because tickets were $200-$300. However, the topic struck controversy over the media with "Is technology hindering human compassion" in this day and age. At first when I heard it, I wanted to disagree. I mean, it's good that we have cell phones and e-mail & Facebook so we CAN connect to others...
I think we can all relate to the feeling of wanting a connection/feeling a sense of trust & closeness with someone. And I'm not just talking sexual closeness, I'm talking on a more in-depth level of compassion, commitment, caring, and love. I know that's what I long for right now. I have internet and texts, but in a way, society becomes so used to that and accustomed to it that we feel like we really don't need to see each other face to face or voice to voice that often. We have become accustomed to an instantenous need for satisfaction. Facebook is a perfect example of that - Instead of seeing how someone you're thinking about is doing, you hear/see it from another source, the internet. What satisfaction does that give you in giving them your love? It's kind of a selfish gratification to your own ego. Instead of being vulnerable and giving your time to someone, you give it to yourself. And how are we to communicate and reciprocate love driving down that road? It's a one-way street. You see others, but they don't even know.
That's the way it is though, and I've come to accept it. We live in a fear based, quick-to-get, impatient, selfish society. All we want is for ourselves, and even if we achieve what we want, we still want more. Nothing is ever good enough. This applies mostly to material possessions. So how are we going to be appreciative of what we have? How are we gonna grow as a common society? I think it's a painful yet pleasurable approach. Just like whatever tastes good is bad for you, and the addiction to drinking and porn.... It's all just a temporary relief until we get to the root of our needs, it's all just a cover up of our weaknesses and shame.
There's a fine line though: I mean, when I am writing this, I feel I am doing good for society, because it's not just targeted to one "individual" and I can't go around telling everyone I speak to what's on my mind or wear a t-shirt made of a book... I think in general, the context of this topic is about "each other" - creating a connection between 2 people, growing individually, helping each other step by step, inspiring and enlightening each other, giving each other our time and undivided energy. It's a gift to be able to do that, and I am realizing now that interactions with others have a huge impact on human interconnectedness.
I don't think technology dampens compassion.... I am not uncompassionate when I text/e-mail people. I think it's just an easy cop-out for our interaction with others. It just limits your chance to giving it your all.

How to Attract What You Want

We have the power to create anything we want in this life. So many people have doubts, fears, old limiting beliefs that hinder them from achieving their full potential. Stuff like "I can't do that." "I don't deserve that." "Why would anyone appreciate that?" "They'll make fun of me." Well the easiest way to get out of that rut is to quiet those thoughts in your head, because that's what they are. "Just thoughts." How do you know those are true? How have you come to let these thoughts make your decisions in your daily lives? What are you holding for your future if you can't get passed the initial scare? The key to erase all this mental garbage is to realize "it's just a thought and thoughts can be changed."
Thoughts are energy. We have so much potential within us, yet we are afraid of what we are really capable of. One of my favorite quotes is from Marianne Williamson and it goes something like "Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." (there's more to it but I'll include it at the end of this post)
Wow! When I first heard that, that made total sense. I could relate to that because that's what I thought! That I wasn't good enough. And I kept myself from my full potential. I saw everyone happy around me and was envious because I was concentrating on the negatives in life and thought "well life isn't always pretty fluffly smelly roses all the time!" and put a block to my own happiness. I created a stink in my roses. I stopped myself from being happy! I felt I didn't deserve it! I did that to ME! I laugh now thinking that and at the time I was being too serious over-analyzing everything. How is that loving yourself? If you love someone, don't you want what's best for them? Well then, if you love yourself, don't you want what's best for you? The most crucial vital ingredient to your happiness is your relationship with yourself. That's how you attract good outside relationships. They say you can't love anyone unless you can love yourself. And it's true. How do you treat your love when you are so hard on yourself? Are you hard on them? Like attracts like. We treat people how we treat ourselves. Relationships are our best teachers.
The important thing I learned in one of my seminars I went to recently is that those negative emotions don't exist. They only have as much emphasis as you put on them. They seem like more work and heavier energy. They are only created by your inner reality (thoughts) which manifests beliefs which impact your decisions, which then affect others and which then creates what you don't want - a negative response from others. Your thoughts (energy) create your reality. If you focus on the negative "heavy" emotions, you will create "dis-ease" - It stems from a fear-based mentality. On the other hand, the good, and the "light" energy are "ease" - They come effortlessly. It stems from a love-based mentality. And that's exactly what I felt. I felt tired all the time, that something was always wrong in my life, that I felt dissatisfied. But another important thing I learned was: "What you focus on expands." Wow! Did that ever create a lightbulb moment in my head... Ah-ha! Duh..... It makes me laugh just thinking about it. How foolish it seems and how easy it is to just think of the negative and CREATE MORE negative! If only I switched my way of thinking to positive (because there is always a polar opposite to energy)- appreciation/gratitude/joy/love/trust/awareness/acceptance/understanding/compassion/peace, I will CREATE MORE positive! And how easy is that??! Well, I can just say that once you have worn out and torn your negative emotions to shreds just dwelling on being unhappy to the point that it is drilling you miserable, I thought I've had enough.... I wanted to change!!!!! So..... Easy - I just switched my thoughts. If I wanted to create more positive things in my life, and to attract good people, and to create a better job, and to be happy..... That's what I had to be. And I had to appreciate what I had in my life to attract more of it. That's the way Law of Attraction works. What you focus on, expands..... Negative draws in negativity. Positive draws in positivity. You dwell on your problems, you just create more of them. You worry you don't have enough money, well guess what? You don't. You are always creating unwanted circumstances and taking on an outside world victim mentality. Well guess what? You are not a victim. You are an inner victim to your own well-being. A lot of times we look outside ourselves to make us happy (material possesions and people), but where happiness comes from is inside ourselves. Only we have the power to heal ourselves through our state of mind and our energy.
I have learned the concept of appreciation and gratitude. If we are appreciative of what we have and are thankful to the universe for giving it to us, we will attract more of what we have. For example: When you are in a loving mode, and you freely give your love to your love, you create love, don't you? When you are in an angry mode, and take your anger out on someone else, do you make them angry? Sure. You can't brighten a room by arguing against the darkness, you make the room brighter by turning on the light.
This energy concept I have also come to realize is the basic law of Law of Attraction. You have your highs and lows, and like I said, there are no lows, there are only highs. We are the highs, that's the truth. It's the only way. Sure, everyone feels sad/mad/depressed/hatred/greed/envy/lack/guilt sometimes. But there is always an underlying truth in your subconscious to why you are feeling that way. The truth is the light to your darkness. It is the bridge to your gap between lows ----> highs. The best thing to do in that situation is to acknowledge the way you are feeling - and comfort your inner child within telling it it is ok to feel that way. At times we tend to over-analyze and get so wrapped up in our thoughts that we worry about we "should" do. (BTW, there are no "shoulds" in life. There is no rulebook stating that that's how it "should" be in Section 123 on Page 457. What works for someone else, might not work for you, and vice versa.) Don't be so hard on yourself. We're all human beings. We don't necessarily have to do anything if we don't know what to do. After all, we are not human doings, we are human beings. That was another concept that stuck with me. We are human beings. So just "BE" in the moment, in the foginess, in the haze, and in time, it will pass..... The bridge between that place is your vulnerability to be truthful to yourself of how you're feeling, and be easy on yourself "Ease = easy"... Accept yourself. Everything is perfect. Everything is brought to you at the right time and sequence in life. Everything you ever feel hatred towards, or guilty about, let it go. It is in the past and there is nothing you can do about that now. It's gone. The universe doesn't remember it. It only responds to NOW. So be who you want to be RIGHT NOW. Flush your old limiting beliefs that is prohibiting you from reaching your full potential. This is the only time for you to create what you want. Savour this moment and acknowledge how you feel. If you want to be a certain way, act it. BELIEVE it. BE it. The universe will respond to your thoughts and feelings. The more you practice who you want to be, the more you will become into that being. And talk yourself through it when you hear your old voice coming up with excuses or fears. Training the mind is the most crucial step in achieving awareness. Rome wasn't built in a day.
The universe acts quickly (believe me -- to the good and the bad!) As soon as I started practicing this stuff after becoming so fed up with being miserable, complaining, and negative, I was so convinced that I wanted to be a different person. I hated the way I was feeling!!!! That is the first initial sign - if you don't like the way you are feeling, change it! It seems so easy, but some people have such trouble with it because they are stuck in their old limiting beliefs! What you feel has EVERYTHING to do with what you attract. You are not going to attract Prince Charming being Medusa.

On the fear of Excellence

"Our biggest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,
or gorgeous
or talented
or fabulous?

Actually, who are you NOT to be?
You are a child of God.
You playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in every one of us.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear of our own excellence,
our presence automatically liberates others.
And excellence becomes the standard of all our lives."

From A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson