HJ: The funny thing about family is that they trigger within us the most deeply held limiting beliefs, emotional patterns and wounds, so while it can be extremely frustrating, it can also be a way to identify your most deeply hidden patterns for rapid healing.  Most people just immediately react emotionally, but if you pause and ask yourself instead, “What must I believe is true about myself in order to be reacting to this?” or “What pattern is this person triggering within me?” or something along those lines you can quickly identify the source of the emotional issues you are facing.

Point in case, someone can only trigger you to the extent that you hold limiting beliefs and emotional blockages around a given issue/topic/situation.  So if you are being triggered, it means something is there.  Instead of reacting at the person doing the triggering, look within and discover the wound.  Then by using many of the techniques and articles outlined on this site, you can begin the process of self-healing and never be triggered again!

- Truth

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by Lorri Amsden

Science is beginning to prove what Buddhist monks have known all along, that those who engage in daily meditation permanently change the way their brains function. That the simple act of sitting quietly as you shift your attention to your breath, following as it slowing enters and leaves your body, not only allows for the cultivation of regenerative peace, but a myriad of new studies have found that this ancient practice can profoundly change the way different regions of the brain communicate with each other and therefore how we think.

Dr. Judson Brewer, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, published a study that found that meditation appears to change the way the brain works and could give meditators a leg up; not only on handling stress and finding happiness, but also with facing illness and dealing with mental disorders...

My beloved; you may hear or see something that will knock you completely out the complacency of your current existence.  It will make you ponder your reality, your morals, ethics and thoughts about life and how it should be.  During these challenging moments please know that I am by your side, supporting and loving you in a way that only The Universe can.  Remember, it is not your place to judge or condemn but to love with all of your heart and soul.  Moving through these moments bring you one step closer to Mastery. ~ Creator

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Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness

As hard as it can sometimes be, I think it’s time to lighten up and stop taking life so seriously. Yes, life is serious in a lot of ways, but it can also be fun if we let it.

When we refuse to let stress or negativity take us out of our center, we’ll discover that life can be as heavenly and joyous as we’ve always wanted it to be. A lot of seekers look to a higher state of consciousness for the joy and bliss we all want to find, and I think it’s important to embrace spiritual practices like meditation, music, art, etc.

When we routinely practice them, we’ll notice that we feel more aligned and willing to take on the challenges we face each day. Our ability to make our lives (and the lives of the people around us) easier will grow as we make an effort to align with spirit every day, and one of the best gifts we’ll be given will be the ability to see life positively.

What does it mean to walk a path of peace and joy? It means to give yourself and others unconditional love, and to allow that love to lead the way. It means to practice acceptance and allowing, and to see the perfection in all. It means to uplift and encourage others. It means to embrace your truth, your authentic power, and to show others that they can, too. It means committing to shining your light, and being the beautiful teachers by example. It means embracing your beingness and your divinity, and knowing that all else is illusion. It means living from a flow of abundance, and sharing from that place that knows there is always more than enough for everyone. It means understanding that what happens to the one affects the all. These are the things we wish for you, today and always, as you move forward during these amazing times. ~Archangel Gabriel

Relinquish the past. Relinquish holding onto anything. Relinquish holding onto things and people and old thoughts. When you relinquish holding on, you are open.

When you relinquish holding on, for instance, you let go of greed. When you relinquish your hold, you automatically let go of many things you have wanted to be free from for a long time.

You haven’t wanted to be greedy or jealous or resentful. You haven’t enjoyed the experience of any of them. The only reason you would cheat or steal comes from a limited idea you have kept to you. You have thought that by stealth, for an example, is the way you can have what you want and/or you think that something is owed you and, therefore, it is supposed to be yours, that you have as much right to it as anyone else who claims it now. I say enough of limited ideas. Relinquish them. Toss them in the wastebasket. Be done with them. Such ideas do not serve you. They are not in your best interest or anyone’s, and therefore not in the interest of the world. Honestly, for your sake, relinquish all such left-over ideas.

Relinquish the idea that you are lacking or forsaken or abandoned. For God’s sake, don’t abandon yourself. Don’t throw yourself into the trash.

All you have to do is to remember Who you really are. You are a fortunate one. Why not see yourself as fortunate? Whatever has gone wrong, plenty has gone right. Confess. Admit it to yourself. No one has to know. No one else. Tell it to yourself, and soon everyone will notice your sterling good fortune.