According to research reported by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Blink, fear is a form of mind blindness. It's an integral part of the adaptive unconscious (you know, your monkey or lizard brain!) where the brain shuts down all non-essential functioning, LIKE REASONING AND LOVE AND COMPASSION! It does this so the mind/body can simply react quickly to a threat. It acts THE SAME WAY whether the threat is real or, get this, IMAGINED!
So, the way to manage our way out of the "automatic higher function brain shut down" that occurs when we get scared, and ultimately the way to Peace, IS TO SSLLLOOOOOOWWWWW DDDDOOOOOOWWWWWNNNNNN!
Got it? Good!
Love ya!
Darlene
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Pursuit of the Whole
Plato said "love is the pursuit of the whole". I say love and Peace are spittin' images. THEN to achieve Peace we need to include and love the wholeness of life. We need to welcome all of it - even the stuff that seems "bad" or "hard".
You see, "bad" and "hard" are merely interpretations you've been TAUGHT to make. When we allow and include them as a part of the whole, we can see the gift in them - the opportunity for growth or action. AND we begin to see that our labeling things bad and hard is often THE ONLY THING in the way of growth and action.
What is available to you today when you let go of your need to interpret people and circumstances as bad and hard, when you look instead at how these are part of the whole of your life and look for the opportunity in each of them?
Shazzam! Life and action and Peace might be effortless!
Love,
Darlene
You see, "bad" and "hard" are merely interpretations you've been TAUGHT to make. When we allow and include them as a part of the whole, we can see the gift in them - the opportunity for growth or action. AND we begin to see that our labeling things bad and hard is often THE ONLY THING in the way of growth and action.
What is available to you today when you let go of your need to interpret people and circumstances as bad and hard, when you look instead at how these are part of the whole of your life and look for the opportunity in each of them?
Shazzam! Life and action and Peace might be effortless!
Love,
Darlene
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Blessings!
Recently seen: A sneeze is an excuse to bless others! This is cool AND WHO NEEDS AN EXCUSE TO BLESS?
What might happen today if you spent your spare seconds (you know, the ones you spend thinking about what happened on "Dance Your Ass Off" last night) blessing everyone and everything you see? Replace your judgments today with blessings!
You can start with the folks on Dance Your Ass Off and work your way over to the rest of us! Of course you can dance while you're doing this. Boom chaka laka laka boom!
Love,
Darlene
What might happen today if you spent your spare seconds (you know, the ones you spend thinking about what happened on "Dance Your Ass Off" last night) blessing everyone and everything you see? Replace your judgments today with blessings!
You can start with the folks on Dance Your Ass Off and work your way over to the rest of us! Of course you can dance while you're doing this. Boom chaka laka laka boom!
Love,
Darlene
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
I got it!
A most powerful way to manifest Peace, or any other thing, is to imagine "it is already done". I recommend Michael Beckwith's visioning process for anyone creating anything.
A brilliant client recently put it this way: "I move from 'I gotta' to 'I got it!'. I move from should to it's already here: In GOT - G represents Gratitude imagining that it already is, O stands for seeing the Opportunity in any challenge and T for Trusting I did it. Gratitude, Opportunity, Trust. I GOT it!"
You GOT it too. Can you see that? Can you see how?
The Peace practice today is to catch yourself thinking "I gotta" and switch to "I got it!" Move from should to trust and see what happens.
Love,
Darlene
A brilliant client recently put it this way: "I move from 'I gotta' to 'I got it!'. I move from should to it's already here: In GOT - G represents Gratitude imagining that it already is, O stands for seeing the Opportunity in any challenge and T for Trusting I did it. Gratitude, Opportunity, Trust. I GOT it!"
You GOT it too. Can you see that? Can you see how?
The Peace practice today is to catch yourself thinking "I gotta" and switch to "I got it!" Move from should to trust and see what happens.
Love,
Darlene
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
I promise you Peace when:
You are Present in this moment.
You Embrace
All of the circumstances in your life as an opportunity.
You are Committed to more love than fear.
You Envision how you can bring Peace to your life each day.
It's simple really. Oh, and there's the laughing and singing and dancing and wondering part - something you're already great at. Looks like it's a cinch for you!
Love,
Darlene
You are Present in this moment.
You Embrace
All of the circumstances in your life as an opportunity.
You are Committed to more love than fear.
You Envision how you can bring Peace to your life each day.
It's simple really. Oh, and there's the laughing and singing and dancing and wondering part - something you're already great at. Looks like it's a cinch for you!
Love,
Darlene
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