You can heal your life, Chapter 1 :-)

Okay...here we go, ladies!! I finished this chapter on Monday night(yea, started a bit early), and have been so excited for this weekend to come! I am thrilled to be doing this with you both...I think we are about to really get to know each other as well as ourselves, and clear out some of the crap that we've been hanging on to unnecessarily. YAY for us!! :-)

On a sidenote, for the purpose of smoothly cruising through one book and moving on to the next, I am going to suggest that we skip Louise Hay's suggestion of reading through the book once, then coming back and reading it again and doing the exercises. It would take us the better part of this year to do it that way, and I think because we are doing this as a group, that we are going to be getting more out of this experience than if we were doing it on our own, so I think we should just do the exercises as we go. Figured you all would agree, just wanted to be clear.

So. Here are some of the things that stood out to me in Chapter 1. I will bold Louise's words and put my thoughts below in italics. <3

~However, if I am willing to release that belief (that life is lonely) and to affirm to myself that "Love is everywhere, and I am loving and loveable" and to hold onto that new affirmation and to repeat it often, then it will become true for me.
This is something that I know conceptually, but it is not yet part of my subconscious, every day thinking....this is going to go up in bold letters on a wall in my bedroom, so that I can remind myself of  it everyday. Life often does feel lonely to me, being a SAHM, with a friend here and a friend there a half hour away. But thankfully I have some awesome joy-affirming friends online. :D
~We are all victims of victims, and they could not have taught us anything that they did not know.
Indeed. This takes the heat off my poor mama, who I have put a lot of blame on in the past ;-) - she is definitely the victim of a victim...and I know that she did the best she could with what she knew.

~We learn our belief systems as very little children, and then we move back through life creating experiences to match our beliefs. This is a big one for me. I think back to my early childhood....and I don't remember my house being one that was full of love. It seems that someone was always mad at someone, or trying to guilt trip someone about something(pretty common in hispanic cultures, I think). I lived in my grandmother's house, with my mom, grandmother, and great-aunt, and later my step-dad and step-grandmother moved in(that was no picnic either, except my step-grandma, she was a sweetheart). I have the faint recollection of feeling...misunderstood from a young age. And that feeling stayed with me as I went out into the world and went to school, and started meeting people. I was very shy and cautious around new people, until adulthood(of course, Pisces are typically shy and quiet...but I digress). I am pretty outgoing now...but as I think back on that time, I do get that scared, shy feeling a bit. <3

~We may habitually be thinking the same thought over and over so it does not seem we are choosing the thought. But we did make the original choice. We can refuse to think certain thoughts.  Oh yes. I thought about this and then took out a piece of paper and wrote down a few of the things that run through my head throughout the day. I am often in a state of frustration. This is why I am on facebook a lot(probably too much!) because I l.o.v.e to gain and spread inspiration(I'm sure you haven't noticed ;) - but then I get off the computer and I'm immediately like...*grumble* this place is such a mess....I have no help...I'm so needed....I want to run away and just *be* without being needed...agh, my toddler wants to nurse, again....WHY is my son not listening to me when I've asked him 5 times, OMG we have to be dressed and be out the door, now...blah blah blah. And then I run back to facebook: Ahhh!! Inspiration!! Love and light!! <3 lol!! So...my everyday thoughts are, for the most part, not consistent with what I believe about life and love. No wonder I'm struggling! <3 Perhaps I should post reminders all over the house.

~Your point of power is in the present moment and is forming the experience of tomorrow, next week, next month, next year and so on...  (and) the past has no power over us. It doesn't matter how long we have been in a negative pattern. 
Ahhh...isn't that a sweet relief?? It doesn't matter how long we have been down on our luck, or been hard on ourselves, or felt that we've had to tolerate other people treating us like crap, or whatever. Our point of power is in the present moment, and now this one, and this one... at any given moment we can choose to close the door on our past and step into our power...tune in to the flow of the Universe and go with that flow. <3 We don't have to be prisoners of our past, or lie in the bed that we made....I believed that for a long long time, and created a pattern of misery for myself because of it. But I AM FREE to choose my thoughts, my mood, the next step to take...and so are you. :-) So happy we are on this journey of self-discovery and creation together, ladies.


I have a few more things highlighted, but I figure 5 *points* is enough to start, and now I would love to hear some of your thoughts. About the book, about what I've said...whatever. FTR, everything that is said here will stay right here, so please don't hold back. This book is about letting it all out and looking at ourselves with new eyes. So very exciting!! Namaste. <3

A-chapter-a-week book club

Hi, all. I've been thinking about doing something like this and discussed this idea with Chelsea and Melanie, who both loved the idea, so here we are. What we are doing is collectively choosing a book we would like to read, for the most part these will be of the New Age/Spiritual realm, but it does not have to be limited to this. My reasoning behind this(do I even have to explain this?) is that, being that it is 2012 and that life as we know it is starting to shift and change dramatically, I want to become as centered as possible to prepare myself for these changes, and raise my vibration so that I can become a better channel for love. I know you all know what I'm talking about, and I think that it would be cool to join up our energies and do this as a group, if you are so inclined. :-)

So without further ado, here are a few books that I have in mind ~ I am including links so you can take a look inside the books when possible, but there is also another link I will include where you can get the books for a lot cheaper):

You can heal you life, by Louise Hay (I feel a personal calling to read this as soon as possible) http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-can-heal-your-life-louise-l-hay/1100318469?ean=9781561706280&itm=1&usri=you+can+heal+your+life

How to Raise your Vibration, by Sabrina Reber - this book is a little pricier than most, but I believe it to be a MUST READ, for obvious reasons. :-) If you do not want to spend that much money on a book, she also has the book listed chapter by chapter on her website, www.howtoraiseyourvibration.com
Or you can buy it through her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/How-to-Raise-Your-Vibration/204840666199710?sk=app_138996027389

The Storm Before the Calm, by Neale Donald Walsch - this books delves into our current day situation, and it looks like a great read. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/storm-before-the-calm-neale-donald-walsch/1102040714?ean=9781401936921&itm=1&usri=the+storm+before+the+calm

I will be back with more later, but this is a good place to start if you want to buy some of these at a much cheaper price: http://www.bookfinder.com/
There are a few copies of You can Heal your Life for 3 and 4 dollars, price of shipping included. <3

Namaste, friends.