Trust and Fear

Published in Living Now Magazine

To have the thought,"Maybe he/she does not love me anymore', "I do not have the ability to do this", "'I will do that when I have a bigger house/more money/get thinner", "I cannot show my true emotions, it will make me seem weak", "This has to happen now or else I am a total failure" etc etc is the very FIRST step in recognising that these are the same mental patterns which bring about the negative emotional states of fear and distrust. Being aware of them is the primary access point to actually transforming them into a source of strength which we were not aware of before!

Next time you have these thoughts realise that you have left the present moment and are dangling in the mind's favourite hang- out place:"The FUTURE"! The only way to foster more trust is by remembering that YOU are in charge of the thoughts you have. If particular thoughts do not allow you to connect with your ever-present inner joy and faith; let them pass without judgement. Much like a house guest. Why? Because they are after all in your house..your sanctuary.

Our minds want a rationale for trusting a particular event or person , it asks ,"but give me the full facts of the case here before we can proceed here..". That proof can of course never be satisfactory as the mind which shuts out our true voice also regularly shuts out daily miracles that are unfolding everywhere. Infact we could counter the mind by asking,"how can I not trust?? look at the beautiful universe andthe love I am always surrounded by".

Once the mind slowly stops its chatter, what is left is but a sense of overwhelming peace. The hang-out place for TRUST! :)

The issue of Closure

Of late every time I have watched the headlines on the news or a talk show the topic of closure gets bandied about a lot. The question every one asks, "So does the death of Osama provide you with closure? " or " Does the death of the world's biggest terrorist give its victims a sense of closure?"

A closure connoting a gaping hole which has been left bleeding in the hearts of those who have lost a loved one and been left bereft since which has now has been sealed. But this means that we somehow believe that something or someone out there has to change before you can start feeling peaceful. Before you can acknowledge the love in your heart once again. This precludes one's free will to choose. To choose to be OK. To choose to live in the present and look at the life you have chosen as a gift. A journey of your soul that has evolved and seeks to grow with each experience if you allow it.

Like Marianne Williamson points out in A Return to Love:

It is not the hurt that you felt or the love that was denied to you in the past but the hurt that you feel and the love that you deny yourself now that is source of all your suffering.

Let us not forget what history has taught us. Hate begets more hatred. The seeds of any truly positive transformation are sown with love and forgiveness. It is the only way to personal peace and freedom from the tyrannies of the mind which keeps us locked out in the past or dangling in the uncertain future.

Forgiveness is not condoning any act but claiming your own power to choose to be happy in every moment. Forgiveness is not giving up or resigning with a broken heart. Forgiveness is an act of power, a very effective but under-utilised action from the bottom of your heart.

Hope Vs Faith

To live in the hope that something, someone or some place will get better in the "future" is a classic pattern of the mind to delude us in believing that what we are or what we have is not good enough "yet". It is this very same repetitive thought pattern which pretends to be your friend when in fact it only succeeds in keeping you in a state of limbo. Or worse in a state of non-acceptance of self and your life with all its aspects included. Within a mental plane that rejects continuously the life that you have, the physical dimensions you embody and the relationships which you form you are stuck in a place of perpetual discontentment.
It is no doubt a tricky garb that the subconscious employs because we are "hopeful" and we find "motivation" in the imaginary land of tomorrow or the next day. But what is really the effect of this pattern of thinking? The very least effect is that it removes you totally from the pristine moment of where you are and hauls you into a place of non-gratitude. Because something somewhere someone always promises to be better than what you are or have or is.
But what if you placed you faith in your life and its relationships around it in such a way that you had no doubt at all within your mind that what you have, who you are, where you are and with whom you share your life with is exactly in the perfect time and space sequence?? Would you then not only be grateful for all that is and all that has been but also vibrate with an attractor field which increasingly attracts more to you as you are now in a state of receiving and not rejecting.

Try this today..Go through your day accepting and feeling grateful for everything and everyone that happens to come in your life. With an attitude of gratitude where you do not wish for anything to be different that what it is. Experience the exhilaration and the peace that follows. Feel the essence of how beautiful life really is and how you are blessed beyond your understanding.

Glass half full. Glass half empty

Living Now Magazine

Nivedita Mehta From somebody who perpetually perceives the glass as half full, I have often wondered out of curiosity about those who observe with equal conviction that the glass is in fact half empty! After all why not choose the wonderful feelings of abundance, safety and gratitude which accompany the positive observation of our physical environment? The only thing which comes between you and an event, person, experience, circumstance or life is the meaning you attach to it – in other words, how you choose to perceive it. Perception lies between joy and discontentment, love and loathing, feelings of wholeness and emptiness, achievement and failure, forgiveness and illness. Manage your perception so it allows you to feel good, powerful and joyous – your true state. Nivedita is a spiritual counsellor with two masters degrees in Psychology and HR Management. She is a trained and licensed Louise Hay teacher in Australia. She specialises in thought awareness, combining the best in science, psychology and spirituality. Currently she is the Chief Creative Director of Blissful Mantra which is based in Melbourne. She is also a coach and consultant in the area of emotional well-being for both individuals and organisations.

Introduction to the LifeLine Technique

The LifeLine Technique

..bridging the gap between your Conscious and Subconscious Mind.

Is your body speaking to you with any physical symptoms? If so, write them down now on a piece of paper and rate each symptom on a scale of 0-10. . 0 being nothing at all and 10 being unbearable.

Next, I would like you to imagine for a moment, a situation in your life that makes you feel stressed/worried or is challenging. Ask yourself what happened or did not happen no matter what or where it takes you..No matter who or what you think about. After that, check the emotion that comes up at this time and rate it on a scale of 0-10.

Given the opportunity to create your life or even a single moment from your heart’s true desire, would you ever choose to create a day or a moment feeling the emotion you have just recorded above?? Would you ever choose to create a day experiencing the physical symptoms you have listed?

And if your answer is NEVER, but you are feeling this way and experiencing these emotions/physical symptoms then we know that if you are not consciously choosing it then you are in fact reacting subconsciously. The only reactive essence of our selves is the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind knows only how to repetitively react without any discernment. It is a survival mechanism whose sole purpose is to protect us from harm and danger. However, this reactive mechanism is outdated as the perceived threat in your current reality is but a shade of the first time you ever felt this way. No wonder we all have patterns in our lives, relationships or health concerns. This pattern is no longer useful to us and its akin to paying for an expensive alarm system in a house you no longer live. Why? Because you are now an adult with the tools, strategy and abilities to handle life which you did not have when you first created this reactive pattern. The main reason the subconscious reaction is so painful or challenging is because it is alerting you that you are now ready to step into your own power.

The LifeLine Technique (LLT) developed by Dr Darren Weissman (www.drdarrenweissman.com) is a revolutionary technique that bridges the gap between the conscious and the subconscious mind. The invisible barrier that the subconscious mind has created in your life, which is preventing you from living your life with intention, joy and love, is harmonized so that you can start living the life you want instead of a life of reactions and self-sabotaging behavior patterns.

The LLT is made up of more than 14 different healing modalities including NLP, Ayurveda, Color Therapy, Chakras, Chinese Medicine, Acupressure, Aromatherapy, amongst others.

The LLT is content-free, which means you do not have to reveal any information that you feel uncomfortable talking about and sharing.

The primary diagnostic tool used in LLT is Muscle Reflex Testing (MRT). MRT is an automatic, autonomic pattern of reaction, which is triggered through any one of your senses. It is quick and non-invasive and assesses any imbalance within your mind, body and spirit with a laser like efficiency. MRT is carried out on your arm and can be tested on anyone irrespective of age or physical disability.

If you are ready to start living more consciously, you can book your first session with me by emailing: info@blissfulmantra.com.au

For further information you can visit www.blissfulmantra.com.au

Maru the Cat

Welcome Pain, Fear and Challenges: This is your entrance to true liberation

How often do we perceive the stress and pain in our lives as a gift? The answer for most of us is Never! And the very question stirs up a curious suspicion in your mind even as you read this..for why would anyone welcome stress? Or say "Hello, Pain! Thank you for being here. I am so grateful to have you in my life". It does seem counter-intuitive on the surface for most of us conditioned to stuff our so-called undesired negative experiences/sensations with pills or food or other diversions. Because we say that this pain, challenge or stress in our lives is so very annoying. We say, we want to 'get rid' of this damn 'problem' as soon as possible. Most of us treat this problem as the end point instead of the starting point. The starting point of a new relationship with our body.

But how many times have we stopped and asked ourselves, 'why is it here in the first place?' Surely the fact that we are nothing short of a miracle of creation (which we all occasionally acknowledge we are), we can safely assume that this grand miracle was not designed to create itself from a single-cell organism and then hastily left to fend for itself when things went off-balance?? If that which created the magnificence of our body did not leave anything unattended to, then we know that just as our wounds start clotting to prevent excess loss of blood and other daily miracles, our bodies are absolutely built to perfection. Created as self-regenerating, healing beings which needs only our due acknowledgement before the millions and trillions of our beautiful miracle-worker cells in our bodies can go about their business to heal us.

But we do not listen to the body when it speaks to us do we? Like a child it begs our attention in the only way it knows how, by doing things so we can stop and pay attention to it.

The next time your body dialogues with you, please listen to it. Ask it what you can do to assist it in its healing. What extra care can you offer? It is sticking to its end of the bargain by working 24/7 for your wellbeing, all it asks of you in return is your love. Love offered through forgiveness. Love offered through meditation. Love offered by keeping positive affirmations in your head. Love offered as a vision of perfect health in the mind's eye.

Go to a mirror and look at your body and say," My beautiful body, I accept you as a creation of the highest intelligence in the Universe. I am grateful to house the spirit of pure love within me. I love you unconditionally and allow you to heal without creating any mind-made interferences. I am ready to release any resistance and start my healing journey."