Jealousy Rears Its Ugly Head…

Recently, I posted about life’s Ups and Downs. Since the majority of bloggers usually post about the Ups, I said I would share some of my Downs. My intention was to help you see that you’re not the only one going through a particular challenge. Sharing my own experiences (this one being jealousy) was my effort to show you that you’re not alone.

When it actually came time for me to write about my experiences, however, I felt very shy. I felt embarrassed about telling you that I’m as vulnerable as the next person. It’s one thing to share your shortcomings with a close friend… another thing entirely to admit them to the world .

How could I blog about jealousy? How could I admit that I was jealous?

There was the possibility that I would be judged. Maybe I would be ridiculed for not ‘having it all together’. It’s ridiculous to expect anyone to be perfect, but actually telling strangers that I’m imperfect really made me think about what I was planning to do.

Regardless… here I am… taking my courage in both hands… ready to reveal my battle with JEALOUSY!

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion, don’t you think? It can eat us up from the inside. There’s nothing whatsoever to be gained by it but, more often than not, we’re not even aware of it.

There have been many occassions in my life when I’ve experienced jealousy about what others have and I don’t. I’ve had an on-again-off-again relationship with poverty consciousness for most of my life, so seeing others with material possessions that were totally beyond my means was sometimes difficult to accept… and jealousy was there. Continue Reading »

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Ups and Downs

When writing a blog, it’s often tempting to write only about the good stuff… the ‘ups’… the ‘positive’ stuff we think will help others. It can be embarrassing for readers to know the blogger is going through a ‘bad’ spell, that they’re less than perfect, that they may appear weak. Bloggers often feel ‘negative’ posts give the impression that they don’t have it all together. They’re vulnerable.

At least some do. We all want to appear strong and in control. We certainly don’t want others judging us! That’s a very uncomfortable feeling.

Life isn’t like that however. There are always ups and downs. That’s just the nature of life.

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Happiness and Human Needs

In my post A Drop of Joy, I briefly explained the difference between Happiness and Joy as described by Ayman Sawaf: We experience Happiness when our needs are met and Joy when our preferences are met.

Perhaps the best route to happiness lies in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. At the base of the triangle representing those needs are physiological needs which are required for our very survival. Without them we would not be here.

Next in the triangle is safety and security. We need our health and a roof over our head. When these needs are met we experience happiness.

Happiness also results when we are given a blanket to keep us warm – another of our needs. But as I read yesterday in The Beacons of Light September message How Small is Your World?, where we often go wrong is thinking that if we are happy with one blanket, then we will be happier with five!

Isn’t it true? Don’t we believe that if we’re happy with a particular item then a bigger, better item will make us happier? Isn’t that why we build bigger and more expensive homes? And buy bigger and more expensive cars? Isn’t that one of the greatest problems in the world today?

We believe that outshining our neighbours with bigger and better will bring us more happiness. It’s called Keeping up with the Jones’s.

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Tags: Ayman Sawaf, Beacons of Light, happiness, human needs, needs

Earth Changes

As I mentioned in my previous post about Choice, the world as we know it is in the process of transformation. As the Earth changes, so does our civilization.

Part of the Earth changes everyone is experiencing to some degree or another, is the change in ALL our systems: political/leadership, education, economic, social and every other system.

The leadership change is evident in the unrest we are witnessing in Arab countries. People are saying “Enough! We want freedom!” They are fighting for democracy and the right to make their own choices about how they live. They simply want the freedom to choose.

There has also been social unrest in the western world. There were riots in Vancouver, British Columbia and, more recently, in the UK.

Today, the UK justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, blamed the riots on a “broken penal system”. More than 75% of those aged 18 and over who were arrested had previous convictions and were known to the police.

Well, it seems at least one person recognizes that punishing somebody by sending them to prison does not rehabilitate them! Others have come to the same conclusion, but their voices have been unheard. Continue Reading »

Tags: A New Earth, birth of a new humanity, change, choice, empowerment

Choice: How do YOU Choose?

Sometimes, it’s hard to accept that we have a choice about everything we do, say, or think. But it’s a fact. Amongst other things, we have a choice whether we see the glass as half empty or half full. And we have a choice about how we react to circumstances and experiences.

Take hurricane/tropical storm Irene for instance. The east coast of North America is still cleaning up the havoc it wrought. Many individuals and groups claim it wasn’t as bad as forecast because of their prayers and intentions… and this may be true. But it raises some questions in my mind about interfering with Mother Nature and our Earth.

It is my choice to believe that Earth is a sentient, conscious being that is going through her own ascension. In order for her to fulfill her goal, she has to go through a number of adjustments that may, or may not, interfere with our human existence.

Some of the more catastrophic adjustments are earthquakes, volcanoes, and hurricanes. Nobody would choose to experience any of the above. It certainly would never be a conscious choice.

But on some unconscious/spiritual level, I believe we do, indeed, make that choice.

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A Drop of Joy by Ayman Sawaf

What is the difference between Happiness and Joy?

How do you change Anger to Passion?

Or Jealousy to Receiving What is Truly Yours?

Or Fear to Compassion?

These questions are all answered in this video by Ayman Sawaf, the author of Sacred Commerce.

Also, I recently listened to his conversation with Jim Self from here.

One of the more interesting points in this conversation concerned business financial goals. We’re all familiar with the focus on the bottom line: How much money did we make? It’s the world’s fixation with the almighty dollar and joy certainly doesn’t enter into the equation.

However, there are now businesses that are interested in three bottom line numbers instead of one. They operate conscious commerce and are interested in the return on investment for: Continue Reading »

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